Over three years since their debut, NMIXX have lastly launched their first full album. And with twelve tracks, JYP Leisure isn’t skimping on the event. Pre-release Spinnin’ On It constructed hype earlier this month and now Blue Valentine is right here to remind us simply how unusual the group’s music could be.
“Mixxpop” isn’t one thing that’s referenced that always anymore, however it nonetheless performs a giant half in lots of NMIXX songs. Blue Valentine seems like a number of completely different tracks fused collectively they usually change at sudden factors. I’m undecided I’ve ever heard a music that turns into so languid and difficult throughout its pre-chorus. Measurable tempo turns into an afterthought as Blue Valentine slows to a crawl earlier than constructing again up. I wish to applaud the pure adventurous nature of this transfer, however there’s a cause we don’t hear it typically. It stalls momentum in a manner that blunts each the previous verse and the refrain that follows.
Talking of choruses, Blue Valentine surges with an incredible hook at its centerpiece. I want this chorus had been a part of a distinct music as a result of it lacks the help it wants from the segments surrounding it. I don’t know that NMIXX should be taking place a pop/rock route, however I can simply think about the music that Blue Valentine‘s refrain suggests and I believe I’d take pleasure in it greater than what we now have right here. Nonetheless, that is an fascinating experiment in distinction that can probably develop extra addictive the longer my ear grows accustomed to it. As traditional, the women sound completely fantastic and the effusive finale leaves listeners on an simple excessive be aware.
| Hooks | 9 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 8 |
Grade: B-
