Shut Your Eyes is a brand new boy group fashioned by the audition collection Venture 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, which 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 track is a little more distinctive than what everybody else is peddling in the mean time. Rewind to the early 2010’s and also you’d discover it far more widespread 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 out to be much more centered on dance. Modern title tracks are nearly at all times upbeat and/or hip-hop centered. In distinction, All My Poetry provides a shimmering pop sound, doubtlessly extra of a b-side than a major course.

Ultimately, this gambit may repay. All My Poetry is way from the perfect 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 nicely. 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 — notably on the subject of its synth soundscape and shuffling percussion. I’m undecided how far that nostalgia will carry All My Poetry, however for now the track is refreshing in its personal means.

Grade: B