New Ok-pop trio RE:WIND impressed me huge time with their pre-debut RE:SET earlier this 12 months. I additionally loved the early-2000’s pastiche of Ceaselessly even when a muddled association dulled a lot of its impact. The blokes lately launched their first EP and have now unveiled the music video for brand new observe Little Too Late.
Like Ceaselessly, I want this music carried only a bit extra punch and went full Nsync/BSB on us, however I nonetheless admire the mix of Y2K sounds and a extra trendy atmospheric vitality. The manufacturing leans into each instructions and advantages from its most dramatic moments. The instrumental turns into genuinely grand in locations as synth strings tease out the music’s theatricality. And at 4 and a half minutes, Little Too Late is virtually an epic-length opus in immediately’s market. This size advantages the music’s enchantment because the melodies acquire power the extra you hear them. Pulling all of it collectively is a palpable sense of angst that really shares extra in widespread with mid-to-late 2000’s Ok-pop (early Bigbang, anybody?) than the hyper-produced Y2K sound. It’s a music that turns into extra addictive every time you hear it.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 9 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8.5 |
Grade: B
