New JYP international boy group NEXZ debuted final 12 months however hasn’t but captured my consideration with their music. That is regardless of watching and having fun with season two of the Nizi Venture the place the group was fashioned. Like fellow rookies KickFlip, it looks like JYP has saddled them with lesser materials that regurgitates music from the company’s previous. NEXZ have a brand new album on the horizon, preceded by Simmer. And but once more, I’m struck by this similar feeling.
The temper board this time flashes “Stray Youngsters with a facet of NCT.” Simmer‘s instrumental lurches with a mix of squelchy bass and pots-and-pans percussion, incorporating a maelstrom of irritating samples that solely litter the combo. A repeated phone motif is very annoying. This strategy may need labored if the producers had doubled the tempo, however the manufacturing’s leisurely tempo feels oddly inert. It’s not quick sufficient to bop to however not participating sufficient to take pleasure in by itself.
Simmer‘s efficiency is equally irritating. Between sing-song melodic scraps and lackadaisical rap, the observe plunges right into a boring, repetitive hook that feels extra like an incantation than a compelling centerpiece. I benefit from the momentum throughout the pre-choruses the place the circulate switches up and positive aspects focus, however these are temporary moments of enjoyable inside a really tiresome music. And like all of NEXZ’s music up to now, my central subject stays: Simmer appears like a retread slightly than a convincing try to develop their very own fashion.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 6.75 |
Grade: D+