They claim to be the “heaviest idols in the world”, because let’s face it everyone needs a gimmick. How heavy is it exactly? Well, let’s talk about that shall we? That being said, their music is some pretty heavy stuff. The EP opens with the self-titled song “Guso Drop”. To be honest, calling this a song might be reaching a little bit. It’s basically Guso Drop’s version of “the mix” as well as a member call-out type deal. It clocks in at a trim minute and a half which I guess is fine for a piece that isn’t really meant to be doing too much in the first place. It’s an enjoyable listen, but I don’t know if an EP is the best venue for this kind of thing. “Hirari Hira Hira” kicks off what I guess I would consider the real meat of this EP. It mixes a lot of heavy metal elements with a synth dominated chorus, something we see becoming somewhat of a theme in this particular sub-genre of idols. There’s also a pretty blood curdling scream in this song that I thought was really impressive, especially seeing as it didn’t seem like they did much of anything to clean it up in post production. I also appreciated the use of hooks, despite the heavy style of music they were going for. “I do! I do!” does away with the synths and instead focuses on the more traditional guitar and drums setup. It’s a very high tempo song that I can imagine being very popular in a live setting. The instrumentals in this song are incredibly on the money, with the guitar riffs specifically being rather enjoyable to my ears. On the vocal side of things, again there are hooks present (if you can call the repetitive backing vocals that) and while there’s no impressive screaming to speak of, all of the girls have a part to play, which is always a plus in my book. The EP is rounded out by a song simply titled “No.18”. The synths make a return here, on what is probably the most casual listener friendly song on this release.
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