[Vexx]

Finally got to listen to the Yui and Mio character CDs.... They both have pretty interesting voices though Yui's is so piping high not many around me will tolerate her. I observe that Yui's extremely high pitch is just hard for 'western ears'. Given that, I simply like Mio-VA's deeper throaty range coupled with her little wail at the tail of some notes. They both have really good singing voices for "all purpose VAs" (sorry, but a lot of VAs really can't and shouldn't be singing no matter how much heart they put into it :P). I need to store the VA names in my head so I can keep an eye out for other musical work they do.

The musical instrumentation isn't bad.... a nice change since way too much of j-pop and anime music is simply too soft/generic for my tastes. This, otoh, has some edge to it rather like some of Zone's harder stuff or some of Brilliant Green's work. K-on! continues to remind me of the Monkees in terms of being poppish but with an edge.