Track Evaluation: TWS – Fortunate To Be Cherished

When TWS launched their mini album final month, I wrote a track-by-track overview understanding full effectively they’d doubtless promote considered one of its b-sides with a music video afterward. That prediction has come true with album-opener Fortunate To Be Cherished, however I’m going to revisit the observe as we speak since I’ve extra to say. For many who discovered their comeback Countdown a bit too ebullient, Fortunate To Be Cherished may simply be for you. It catches the blokes of their mellower Final Pageant sound, painted with a hazy summer season sheen.

I need to take this opportunity to put in writing a little bit about melody, since Ok-pop doesn’t usually give me the chance nowadays. There’s this particular melodic strategy so many TWS tracks make the most of and it’s a giant cause why the music has such a maintain on me. The melodies tug upward in ever-increasing bursts earlier than cresting with a short, pointed climax. This construction characterizes the choruses of Countdown, Final Pageant and If I’m S, Can You Be My N and reappears right here for Fortunate To Be Cherished’s pre-chorus. It’s such an efficient high line approach and has confirmed fairly resilient and adaptable throughout quite a lot of genres and composers. It’s turn out to be a melodic signature for the group and matches the members’ vocal characters completely.

Although Fortunate To Be Cherished‘s total sound is muted, this fixed feeling of construct retains it from sounding beige. You possibly can hear it within the stress of the synths and the blossoming of the vocals at key factors all through the observe. These components work collectively to craft a track with nice endurance. I’ll at all times choose an lively pleasure bomb like Countdown, but when an artist goes to chill the temperature of their music that is the way in which to do it.

Grade: B+