CIX - 'Wave' MV & Album Listening Post

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

CONTENT WARNING: INJURY/BLOOD IN FINAL SECONDS OF MV

Sources: CIX Official, Spotify

Comments

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

i do really like this but i expect their titles to have a bit more punch usually so this kind of lacks a bit of impact in comparison to their other titles on first listen. i'm happy though that the final audio is so much better than what appeared in the teasers where the instrumental was soooo much louder than their voices it had me really worried but it sounds fine here. i also finally figured out what song this reminds me of it's been bothering me since the first teaser and it's nct's touch, the beginning of the chorus is really similar.

the mv also has a lot of great visuals especially towards the end and i can see that they're still tying it in with the ongoing storyline at the end but i'm not really interested in ongoing storylines in mvs so i don't really care about that lol.

the album is so good! they continue to have great b-sides, there's quite a few different styles on it too but it all sounds pretty cohesive. on first listen my favourites are off my mind, bad dream and genie in a bottle. their chiller b-sides are nice too, i like in & out and for an all english song here for you is actually nice, sometimes all english songs end up being really cringe-y but i like the acoustic vibe they went with for it.

[nacomi.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling from the teasers that Wave won't be my favourite tt. Even if the song is growing on me already.

I'm unexpectedly liking Bad Dream and Off My Mind.

With some of the songs if I hadn't listened to the highlights in the medley to refer to I probably wouldn't have finished them.

Ice and In&Out don't instantly wow me, but I like certain parts of the songs that make me feel like it should have been utilised more.

For a full lenght album it's very consistent. There's something for every one.

Gotta listen to the album more in the background, sometimes that does the trick.

[dantethetaco.livejournal.com]

I'm very whelmed by the title track. It lacks something. I think Iike the live version they did sounds better even if some of them where struggling with the live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gNJezL3n2M&ab_channel=MdromedaKPOP). I need to check the album later because their b-sides always deliver.

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

yeah i do actually like the song but it's not really title material, it would have been a good b-side. their earlier titles that are a bit noisier/punchier work for them because they're a performance group not a vocal group like let them have a funky instrumental and focus on their dancing it works better for them than this and cinema.

[dantethetaco.livejournal.com]

I actually really liked Cinema. After listening to the album I think other songs might have been better title track material than Wave.

[kyungwons.livejournal.com]

i liked cinema too lol, more than wave but i just meant that if they released songs like cinema all the time i don't think it would be the right direction if you know what i mean, i liked it as a one off rather than what i think their sound or titles should sound like the majority of the time.

[dantethetaco.livejournal.com]

Ok,I just finished listening to the album and it's great. I don't care for the last two songs but everything else is nice. Bad Dream and Off My Mind might be my favourites as of now.

[daynr.livejournal.com]

I need to bookmark this and come back on the weekend, I like some of their songs!