Cinema Trip

PASSPO☆ Airlines: Now travelling to over 6 Movie Cinemas Worldwide

And then there were 7.

It's the last day of PASSPO☆ week and we are doing a double feature of sorts. Starting with their final album, Cinema Trip. Our opening track for this is Popcorn Bought? White invites us to join them on a trip to enjoy different types of movies and then this track just rocks up a storm. I said it before and I'll say it again - these opening instrumentals just got better and better and right here was the peak.

Now we kick things off proper with Music Navigation and you know you're in store for a special time. I like that each girl gets a real solid moment. They all get even more in 7's Up - where each girl does an introduction for the next girl. Best I can tell; Orange sucks at dieting and is the oldest, Red is fire at guitar, White uses hashtags and likes games, Yellow drinks water and has muscles, Blue travels the world, Aqua looks like a child and Purple dances and is married to PASSPO☆ forever.

Playground is this gothic horror dance masterpiece, with lyrics about zombies and monsters and music that channels horror scores. It's like WING crossed with Sophie Ellis-Bextor or something. Also the dance shot video is fucking BAAAAADAAAAAASSS. Mr. Wednesday is almost the opposite vibe - it's just straight up pop fun. Like a Beef or Chicken? song without the punk-styles. It's one of those songs where you think 'meh' but then it gets going and before you know it, you're singing along and having a great time. 

ラブリフレイン is a quiet little love song, but things immediately get back to the rockin' with NASA! 〜なんであいつ好きなんだ、嗚呼〜. It's pretty darn heavy.  And so is 不屈のレジスタンス. It's almost a Yellow solo song - I don't hear much of anyone else in there at all. If they're there, Yellow is overpowering them. WEEKDAY QUEENS is a bit more back on the pop-punk fun times track. The sort of song that makes LOGMAN sign into a hairbrush around his room. マイノリティー・ヒーロー is back to the heavy shit, except this time it's Purple giving it some attitude. Then we hit ギミギミaction for one of the absolute funnest PASSPO☆ songs on the planet. Then we get フィルム which is one of the most beautiful songs they've done. I wanna say pop-punk anthem but it really is more of a pop-punk power ballad. .

And we end the album with バチェロレッテは終わらない. It's the number one song in my iTunes and in my heart.

So it goes without saying this is my favourite album. While I can admit now that Beef or Chicken? is actually a slightly stronger album (ラブリフレイン does not measure up to the rest of the album), I will also readily admit that I will always love this album more and the awesomest songs are just that bit more awesome than the awesomest songs on Beef or Chicken? JEJEJEJET!! and Beef or Chicken? both have that 1-2 punch at the end, but Cinema Trip has the triple-threat of ギミギミaction, フィルム AND バチェロレッテは終わらない. If that's not enough to make album the top of your list, then you're doomed and just let me dance on your grave again. Playground might be more suitable for that!

Highlights:
Music Navigation, 7's Up, Playground, ギミギミaction, フィルム , バチェロレッテは終わらない

Lowlights:
The last album PASSPO☆ will ever release

7 / 7 Glowsticks