New JYP world boy group NEXZ debuted final yr however hasn’t but captured my consideration with their music. That is regardless of watching and having fun with season two of the Nizi Challenge the place the group was shaped. Like fellow rookies KickFlip, it seems 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 Children with a aspect 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 combination. A repeated phone motif is particularly 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 bounce to however not partaking 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 in the course of the pre-choruses the place the circulate switches up and good points focus, however these are transient moments of enjoyable inside a really tiresome tune. And like all of NEXZ’s music thus far, my central concern stays: Simmer seems like a retread moderately than a convincing try and develop their very own model.
| Hooks | 6 |
| Manufacturing | 7 |
| Longevity | 7 |
| Bias | 7 |
| RATING | 6.75 |
Grade: D+