RIIZE’s new album has a really robust visible ingredient, with music movies or shortened “monitor movies” for every track. Due to this (and since the album is so robust), I’ll be working via the whole monitor record over the following few days. Make certain to test again usually!

1. Odyssey // 2. Bag Dangerous Again // 3. Ember To Photo voltaic // 4. Fly Up // 5. Present Me Love // 6. Passage // 7. Midnight Mirage // 8. The Finish Of The Day // 9. Inside My Love // 10. One other Life

EMBER TO SOLAR

When re-evaluating Bag Dangerous Again, I discussed a “traditional” SM boy group sound. This specific brew is totally distinctive to Ok-pop. In actual fact, for me it is Ok-pop to a big extent. Ember To Photo voltaic triumphantly attracts upon this legacy, crafting an album standout that might simply compete with greats like SHINee and TVXQ.

This method is heard most clearly on Ember To Photo voltaic‘s refrain. You hear it within the staccato supply of the lyrics, drawing upon the distinctive charms of the Korean language in a approach so few Ok-pop songs do today. It’s within the vocal layering, making a dramatic wall of sound that forges six voices collectively till they type a totally new texture. And, it’s in Ember To Photo voltaic‘s common sense of scope. This isn’t music meant to be loved as “straightforward listening.” That is an expertise.

As an precise track, I’m not but certain if Ember To Photo voltaic can compete with the greats. It’s a bit too depending on rap and sing-talk, forgoing the possibility to lace the monitor with a sequence of stronger melodies. However, that is the place that patented “SM Efficiency” sound leaps in to save lots of the day. Even the slightest of hooks sound completely towering when painted with all these theatrics. And at its coronary heart, Ember To Photo voltaic‘s central hook may be very efficient. It appears like an invite to battle — simply extremely rousing stuff.

Grade: A-