Buried Treasure: TWS – N.O.S.A

A Okay-pop act’s title monitor isn’t all the time the perfect track on their album, even when it’s the one most individuals will hear. Typically, b-sides deserve recognition too. Within the singles-oriented world of Okay-pop, I need to highlight a few of these buried treasures and provides them the props they deserve.

At this level, it appears as if I’ll be reviewing each new TWS monitor. They haven’t but launched a track I’d charge beneath an “8” and that monitor report continues with new anime OST N.O.S.A. I can’t for the lifetime of me work out what these letters stand for, however the track itself is a lot enjoyable. What might have simply been a slight pop monitor (each in its content material and working time) turns into one thing fairly attention-grabbing due to its association. N.O.S.A isn’t an a cappella monitor, however it’s carried out in that type. Practically your entire track is sung in vocal concord, layering the fellows’ voices in a means that sparks constant interaction and shocking twists. As an avid viewer of TWS’s behind the scenes content material, I do know the members sometimes bust out harmonies like this whereas they’re going about their day (a few them are virtually all the time singing, truthfully). It’s good to listen to this funneled into an upbeat funk monitor.

One other factor I like about N.O.S.A is its wonky English. I usually desire minimal English in my Okay-pop or J-pop tracks, however I’ve an enormous gentle spot for English phrases carried out in novel methods from non-native audio system. It’s fascinating to listen to the language twisted in uncommon methods. For instance, you’d by no means hear the phrase “gonna” delivered with a giant pause between its two syllables, however that pause (and shift in tune) forges the refrain’s central hook. That phrasing tickles the ear in an sudden means, making it unusually addictive. In an identical means, I need to reward Shinyu’s spoken phrase moments on this monitor. He merely has an important rap voice that’s so shiny and colourful to hearken to.

Principally, this track caught me off guard in the easiest way and I’m delighted to have it. It feels like nothing else on my playlist in the intervening time.

Grade: A-