Mini Album: Innocence

After hitting a home-run last year with the duo’s first mini-album, ”Davichi in Wonderland”, the girls are back this year with a brand new mini-album with a new concepts. Trading techno-influenced ballads for punk-rock streamed genre, Davichi have once again created another hit with ”Time, Please Stop” (Track 1) using the same formula of cleverly blending in both slow and fast rhythm in 1 single song as they did in ”8282”. Honestly, I can’t seem to figure out where does the punk-rock genre is fitted in except for the fact that they had their dancers playing a role of a band when they performed in music shows. Nevertheless, those that liked ”8282” is bound to love this track even more. Although this mini-album started with a bang with the first track, the second track, ”First Kiss” is nothing but forgettable. The track does nothing for the duo and is sort of a waste of track slot. Track 3, ”Don’t Leave” is one of those tracks that showcases their vocals in perfect harmony. Very well sung and the rap breaks in between spices up the song a lot. It is still a wonder to me as to why this song is not picked as the follow up single. The next track, ”I Can’t Love You or Say Goodbye” is another song that is used to prove the duo’s vocal ability. Though not as strong as their debut track ”＆#48120;＆#50892;＆#46020; ＆#49324;＆#46993;＆#54616;＆#45768;＆#44620;”, it could have also been considered as their follow up single. However, just when you think that this mini-album is quite good, the last track ”Shadow” comes along and ruins everything. Pale in comparison with their previous dance tracks, ”Love and War” and ”My Man”, this song sounds very rushed in terms of arrangement. The beat sounds very late 90’s. Not in a good way. Also one of the down-point of this release that it would’ve been a lot better if it is a full-length album rather than another mini-album.

今までよりも、爽やかさを感じさせる曲のテンポ。強いインパクトはないが良い曲です。