1. Head Shoulders Knees Toes // 2. Overdrive // 3. Hot Blue Shoes // 4. Caffeine Rush // 5. Overthinking // 6. Here For You
OVERTHINKING
We’re back in highlight territory as the album moves toward its finale. When Overthinking was first teased, I commented that it sounded like “Lucky To Be Loved in the club,” and the full version bears out that description. For Lucky To Be Loved, I initially found the song pleasant but inessential. However, with time it grew into a major standout. I can easily see a similar arc for Overthinking.
The song opens with a lovely verse, putting melody front and center over a thumping dance beat. I wish this same melody repeated in verse two because it’s so appealing. From here, the song climbs into an octave-stretching chorus that sounds like a vocal warm-up put to an instrumental. It’s not easy to make this kind of vocal run sound pleasant (trust me, I’ve tried singing it in the car to much personal embarrassment), but the members pull it off.
I’m of two minds about the switch-up during the second chorus. Yes, a song can always do with more variety, but I also hate when EDM tracks plunge into a more downbeat tempo shift. However, this transition has already smoothed out for me and I’m finding the song as a whole very addictive. Apart from the album’s two singles (yep, Head Shoulders Knees Toes has grown into a massive standout for me), this is definitely my favorite track.
| Hooks | 9 |
| Production | 8 |
| Longevity | 9 |
| Bias | 9 |
| RATING | 8.75 |
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sooooooo…when I first listened to the album, this was the song that stood out to me. BUT, now I’m a little bit obsessed with “Overdrive”….HELP!!! It shows me what a few listens and performances can do to my brain. On my way to learn their names, positions, etc!!!
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Overdrive is such a satisfying pop song.
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by far my favorite track on the EP. I’ve been obsessed the entire day. Shift K3Y always kills it.
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Makes a lot of sense if Shift K3Y worked on this, I can hear a lot of his EDM influence on it. Been loving his recent forays into K-pop!
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he’s credited as co-composer!
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Yes that is a nice vocal flourish at the end of the chorus. It has an obvious vocoder-type effect on it, which works here because there is also synth line that opens the and closes the song that mimics a similar melody and timbre. Its closer to Cher “Believe” cool effect than most contemporary uses of pitch correction. But it only appears twice, I mean cmon people, such a tease.
It is the third main note in the line that is the challenge. The first step up is from a C4 to a D4, but then the second jump is from D4 to an F4 skipping the E in the middle. If you are mentally thinking “I am following a scale up”, it is not. It’s not following an arpeggio either. It’s not the most complicated line if one practices it, but it isn’t expected. And that is what makes it nice to hear.
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My absolute favourite B-side on the album! I can see it getting even better over time the way Lucky to be Loved has only gotten better and better for me months after its release
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This is definitely my favourite from the EP. Along with Last Festival and Lucky To Be Loved they’ve really got that cooler, yet still upbeat sound down.
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