Random Shuffle Review: U-KISS – Standing Still

With over 3,000 songs on my iPhone’s “Ok-Pop Singles” playlist, I assumed it will be enjoyable so as to add a little bit of unpredictability to my music overview posts. So consequently, we’ve got the “Random Shuffle Assessment” function.

The foundations are easy. I fireplace up my playlist, press “shuffle,” and no matter music performs first will get the complete Bias Listing remedy!

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I used to be so comfortable when a U-KISS music got here up on shuffle for this overview as a result of I think about most newer Ok-pop followers haven’t even heard of the group. They had been fairly massive of their period, however their legacy hasn’t been dealt with in addition to lots of their friends. You don’t hear their songs lined on survival collection or referenced in selection. That’s a disgrace, as a result of the long-lasting Neverland is a bop and a half.

Standing Nonetheless is the title monitor of the group’s third album Collage. I can’t think about a music like this being promoted these days, and that’s one other disgrace! It’s refreshingly centered on vocal prowess, constructed from prolonged melody strains that pull the momentum ahead. The instrumental follows swimsuit, constructing and constructing as extra parts are introduced in. By no means as soon as will we lose the central arc of the monitor, and when the inevitable rap verse is available in in the course of the bridge it performs in service to the vitality somewhat than in opposition to it. This helps craft a standout monitor with no uninteresting moments. That sense of focus is so appreciated.

The vocal association can also be fascinating. There are lots of moments the place the members embrace a singing type paying homage to a spherical, their voices overlapping as they echo and stretch. Digital arpeggios and touches of guitar additional improve this sensation of motion. The second the place the percussion kicks in throughout verse two is so, so satisfying and I really like the manufacturing main into the second refrain. There’s only a lot to dig into — layers upon layers of instrumentation that hold you coming again for one more style.