Bands have change into all the fad in Ok-pop this 12 months and immediately we now have the debut of one more one. hrtz.wav come from Mnet’s survival sequence Steal Coronary heart Membership, guaranteeing a sure stage of promotion from one of many business’s main forces. I didn’t watch the sequence, however definitely famous the band’s masked drummer hagiwa. Shades of Sekai No Owari?
If solely hrtz.wav’s music could possibly be as fanciful and fascinating as Sekai No Owari’s! Japan actually has the “quirky band” idea cornered. So lots of Korea’s latest bands really feel overly smoothed of their edges within the hopes of interesting to a extra conservative Ok-pop market. Nineteen is definitely easy-listening. It’s fairly hummable and polished — extra CNBLUE than Xdinary Heroes.
On this method, Nineteen is completely tremendous. In the event you’re in search of an simply digestible radio rock observe you possibly can throw on within the background, this received’t disappoint. It doesn’t inform me something about hrtz.wav as a band, however I might see the observe getting caught in my head with out even realizing it. Nonetheless, I choose a debut that grabs maintain and refuses to allow you to look away. Nineteen feels too conciliatory to matter, and in a market already flush with younger bands I’m unsure it’ll stand out.
| Hooks | 8 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 8 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7.5 |
Grade: C