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adore: An Edwardian gothic girl levitating in the woods (Default)
[personal profile] adore
Xdinary Heroes, who did that amazing rock cover of Tomboy I shared previously, will soon release their second EP. So I must share my favourite songs from their first.

My absolute favourite is 'Pirates'.



(For reference, Jooyeon is the bass guitarist with long hair wearing a blue cap. Jungsu is the blonde keyboardist wearing a red cap. Both are beautiful vocalists.)

When Jooyeon sings '안타깝지만, you don't understand' my sternum aches, and continues to ache the rest of the pre-chorus. And then, when Jungsu and Jooyeon take turns to go 'Oooooh' I curl like a flower. This is a song I love from beginning to end in a pretty painful way. 'Tomboy' was painfully brilliant too, and that's the performance that pulled me into the group.

My second favourite is 'Knock Down.'



I love this song pretty well all through, but (once again) my favourite part is the pre-chorus. I love how it is ushered in by the electric guitarist, Junhan; I love how his pick skis the length of the guitar's neck, sweeping through every fret.

Unsurprisingly, the pre-chorus features Jooyeon and Jungsu alternating vocals. Unsurprisingly, Jooyeon and Jungsu are my bias and biaswrecker in this group, respectively.

Date: 2022-10-29 04:47 pm (UTC)
bluedreaming: Nana (After School/Orange Caramel) (1min1sec - Nana blinking)
From: [personal profile] bluedreaming
Oh nice! I really need to check this group out.

Date: 2022-10-31 01:31 am (UTC)
bluedreaming: Hyosung (Secret) I'm in Love Era (1min1sec - Hyosung (Secret))
From: [personal profile] bluedreaming
I really like the part in Pirates where the snare comes in with a faster beat for a few bars; the way the tempo picks up there (and the song intensifies) is really cool! Knock Down has a really nice groove too <3

And thanks for letting me know about the new comm; so exciting!!! (and a kpop comm that someone else is modding; so happy!) I have moved the brainstorming post to an archive post on my journal, including your comment, so please let me know if you'd like me to do anything different with it. Archive post: link. This is since I messaged the mod of the new comm and am trying to transfer the name over. (Small hiccough so I have contacted DW support, fingers crossed.) Either way, super exciting!

Date: 2022-10-31 06:01 am (UTC)
bluedreaming: Irene (Red Velvet) happiness era (1min1sec - Irene happiness)
From: [personal profile] bluedreaming
Yes, that's the part! It's gorgeous.

I like that you archived the post, it makes sense.
I think it's always constructive to keep things, especially for somethign like this! And this way, I could share the link with the mod as well, if there's interest (but without being overwhelming; I only did so after being invited to share thoughts). I definitely don't want to step on any toes! But yes, it's so exciting to see this opportunity. <3

Date: 2022-10-29 07:40 pm (UTC)
china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (Default)
From: [personal profile] china_shop
I love how your describe your feels! ♥ (Also, I had to look up "biaswrecker" and that seems like a very useful word, ha! TIL.)