Shut Your Eyes is a brand new boy group shaped by the audition sequence Challenge 7, which got here to my consideration due to contestant Shin Jaewon who had beforehand debuted with The Wind. Jaewon didn’t find yourself changing into a part of the group, that means I’m not conversant in any of the particular members. Not like most survival present acts, they’ve debuted with a sound that feels extra idiosyncratic than anticipated.
After all, “idiosyncratic” doesn’t mechanically imply I’ll love a chunk of music. It simply means the music is a little more distinctive than what everybody else is peddling in the intervening time. Rewind to the early 2010’s and also you’d discover it rather more frequent to launch glistening mid-tempos like All My Poetry (내 안의 모든 시와 소설은) as title tracks. However within the years since, Ok-pop has turn into much more centered on dance. Up to date title tracks are virtually at all times upbeat and/or hip-hop centered. In distinction, All My Poetry gives a shimmering pop sound, probably extra of a b-side than a major course.
Ultimately, this gambit may repay. All My Poetry is way from the most effective factor I’ve heard inside its sub-genre, however I can already inform it is going to profit from replays. The melodies are slight however efficient and the blokes ship them effectively. The association jogs my memory of an up to date model of the R&B-pop that dominated airwaves from the mid-to-late 2000’s — significantly in the case of its synth soundscape and shuffling percussion. I’m undecided how far that nostalgia will carry All My Poetry, however for now the music is refreshing in its personal method.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8.25 |
Grade: B
