NUDY SHOW! itself was a pretty good album. It got me interested in Anna, but I wasn’t exactly converted into a raving fan or anything. That and there were too many singles for me to really put her on here and force myself to make an opinion of her. So, I decided to leave her until her new era began. And now, we have the first sign of what’s to come: Brave vibration.

Honestly, I am VERY glad I left it until now. Already, I think I prefer this song to the majority of her NUDY SHOW! material. It’s not glaringly upbeat, but it’s not a dark rock song: It finds a nice little space between both sounds and gives you a middle-road, nigh-on mid-tempo rock track that doesn’t really match what the covers seemed to intend it to. That’s probably a good thing, because island rock would NOT be a good thing.

What’s good about this song is that it mixes darker-sounding verses with the optimistically upbeat chorus, which is always a good thing: Too much of one single sound can be rather glaring at times, so it’s nice when a song tries to play it up a bit, which is what they did here. Anna, vocally, sounds as you’d expect her to, but her voice suits the music well: Especially in the verses, when things are a bit grungier, but that doesn’t mean she works any worse in the chorus. You’re not really going to be surprised by the song overall, but it was a nice little creation.

However, it can seem a bit generic at times. I can’t pinpoint why, but it’s not really as mindblowingly epic as a song like Sailing Free, although it isn’t as bad as Rain, either. (Sorry for the glaring OLIVIA comparisons, but it’s true.) It’s not a mind blowingly orgasmic song, but it has something that I think her recent songs have been missing, so it’s nice to hear a song like this.

The PV isn’t much to write home about, though. It’s mainly shots of Anna singing on a rooftop with her band, and straddling various walls throughout the verses while she dons her island garb and wiggles around on the beach for the brighter choruses. I will say, I never thought Anna could be this good looking. I’m sure we all know how bad she can get, but for the majority of the PV, I’m pleasantly surprised by how she looks. Although that’s just about it for the PV. It’s a nice little piece of eye candy for anyone who gets hard over Anna, but again, it’s not mindblowing or epic or anything.

Song Score
A-

PV Score
B

Overall Score
B+

While it isn’t an overly epic song or video, it was a nice little package to start off the era with. The song is highly infections and a nice little change of pace, despite being a bit like previous efforts from Anna, and the PV had its charms, while still being, for the most part, mindblowingly unnecessary. I’m looking forward to seeing what she does next, and hoping it turns out even better than this. (After the actual single releases, of course: Unless the b-side ends up being surprisingly high-quality, which would be great too.)