1. Atmos // 2. Hours // 3. Risk // 4. Anti Believer // 5. Nonetheless Raining // 6. Thousand Miles Away
HOURS
This mini album was billed as a showcase of SHINee’s signature attraction, which can be a present for followers. If an act has mastered a sound or style, there’s no purpose not to return to that effectively. For Hours, the “effectively” in query is a glossy funk-pop method. This music might have emerged from virtually any SHINee album since their debut and that timelessness is a complete power.
Hours tempers its funk with moments of pullback after every refrain. As at all times, I feel the producers might have picked extra fascinating percussion right here than reheated entice beats, however these segments don’t final lengthy and barely drag down the vitality. I like the thought of a post-chorus breakdown and surprise what it might have seemed like with guitar (or another instrumental contact, actually).
In the case of Hours, the refrain is its spotlight. It’s snappy and thrilling, powered by SHINee’s inimitable vocal mix. There’s a world the place the manufacturing stored up extra constantly with these melodies and we’d have one other Married To The Music spotlight, however as a b-side observe that is decidedly above common and I believe it’ll have an extended shelf life.
| Hooks | 9 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 8 |
| RATING | 8.5 |
Grade: B