Tracks:

1. Senkou

2. Mosaic

3. Senkou -instrumental-

4. Mosaic -instrumental-

Tomiko Van’s Senkou was released on September 27th, 2006. It’s her 2nd single and it charted at #12 on the Oricon Weekly Charts, selling a total of 12,196 copies.

In terms of emotion, Senkou blows Flower out of the water. Van sings with a lot of emotion in this very melancholy rock track, that’s about the inward struggles of being alone. This is also probably one of Van’s most darkest songs in her solo career, mainly because her other songs are either ballads, or upbeat acoustic songs. Anyways, the guitar riffs in this song are really good and the piano, as well. The last minute is just instrumental and it’s probably my favourite part of the song. The song ends with a… crash… for lack of a better word. Definitely my favourite track in her solo career.

As for the B-side, it’s definitely more upbeat. Mosaic is a pretty good coupling track because it provides a nice contrast with the A-side. I really like the chorus because Van’s vocals makes it pretty catchy, despite the jazzy piano chords not making it catchy enough!

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