[single] Faith/Pureyes - 伊藤 由奈

Faith/Pureyes-Yuna Ito

After all the hype generated by her after starring in "NANA" as Reira, many people and critics have high expectations for this newcomer. However, this single disappoints in some way. Not because it is a bad song or anything, it just that the single falls short as compared to "ENDLESS STORY" or even "JOURNEY".

"Faith" is a pretty subdued ballad, it is bland at best. But after repeated listens, i am pretty sure you will change your opinion of the song. The song flows very well and Yuna trys not to inject to much powerhouse vocals into it.

"Pureyes", in contrast, is nice up-tempo tune. But together with "Faith" there is still some oomph missing from it to become a great song. The chorus sounds great potentially but the verses sounds drained, like they are going nowhere.

Overall, not that good and not that bad either.

Rating: 3/5