Swamp Man was the final album recorded by Japanese rock band High and Mighty Color, though instead of having gone out with a bang, they went out with an underwhelming smile disguised as an explosion. The instrumentation is mostly solid and Yusuke's vocals manage to be consistently passable, although the chemistry he has with Halca is almost non-existent; the former's performance worked better in tandem with what Makii could do, which isn't saying much, but still. Why this group decided to end their career via this moot point of a full-length is beyond me, and yet despite its place in HMC's discography, it's an otherwise fine release in and of itself. High and Mighty Color had so much hidden potential to create as well as become something more, so it's a shame that they called it quits when they did.
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