VELAIYILLA PATTATHARI SONGS REVIEW

The album begins with a bang landing the listener into the world of hard rock and turntablism. The vocals are power packed and the electric guitars take the front seat for the composition. The rap styled singing blends brilliantly with the hard rock orchestration making it a winner!

In contrast to the heavy sounding first track, a fantastic lilting melody from the earthly voice of Dhanush graces the listener next. The beautiful strings and guitars add to the brilliant composition and the vocals by Dhanush work wonders with unfaltering honesty. The interludes are woven prodigiously with layers of symphony and string section with ease.

A wonderful instrumental theme with great harmonica and string section woven perfectly for the listener’s ears. Though the duration is short it makes a fantastic impact on the listener.

The lilting mood of the album continues with another breezy melody in the voice of Anirudh himself. However, the breeziness blends with power packed chorus and supporting electric guitars making it an enjoyable listen. The lyrics give the song a funky touch and the interludes are interestingly done with electronica blended with kuthu beats and nadaswaram- typical of Anirudh’s compositions.

The slight melancholic mood from the previous track launches to a fun loving track laden with power packed orchestration and great usage of nadaswaram yet again. Anirudh’s casual singing adds great value to the composition featuring an interesting blend of rhythm section and bass guitar.

A melancholic instrumental track replete well with violin, piano, string section and mellifluous treble sections. The track carries with it a beautiful soul of the album and progresses like a great musical journey.

An out and out mass song with paced up rhythm section gives the much needed local flavor to this album. The track is essentially a rhythm based song and Anirudh pulls it off with easy confidence.  Dhanush adorns his poet hat and leaves you with some lines to ponder over as he and Anirudh sing well in unison. The usage of trumpets and dance mix techniques works well for this track. The spoken word segments should make for interesting viewing on screen.

The album comes to an end with a heart wrenching composition sung by Dhanush. The orchestration is flawlessly done suiting the mood of the track. Despite the ‘Moonu’ de-ja-vu it generates, the track pulls off with flying colors. It is a pleasant surprise to listen to the veteran singer S. Janaki’s voice in the track, giving it an earthly touch. What a voice !