Final yr, WHIB shocked in a pleasant method with the intense funk power of Rush Of Pleasure, immediately placing them on my radar. For brand new single Bang Out, it appears they acquired that “pleasure” stuff out of their system and are actually again to typical boy group posturing.
Teams like this are what I think about “Ok-pop’s working class.” Slightly than develop their very own sound and inventive imaginative and prescient, they flit between developments and types relying on who their company purchases materials from. Except each music is a 9+ rated masterpiece, this fixed shift makes it very arduous to really feel any attachment to a bunch. Rush Of Pleasure most likely may have been carried out equally effectively by anybody, and the identical might be stated about Bang Out. The distinction is, this music is much much less gratifying and fairly irritating at instances.
We open with a well-known shout-rap assault that looks like a dozen gnats buzzing round your ears. If I may by some means pull shout rap and sing speak from Ok-pop’s lexicon, we’d all be in a greater place. Practically all of Bang Out follows this strategy. Even when the fellows are singing, the traces are clipped and flattened of any notable curves. It’s not rhythmic sufficient to be efficient rap and never anthemic sufficient to match the rock-meets-hip-hop instrumental. As a substitute, Bang Out seems like an annoying hissy match. Apparently, the frenzy of pleasure is over and we’ve hit the sugar crash.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Manufacturing | 8 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 7 |
Grade: C-