Album Review: ASTRO's MOONBIN&SANHA Lure Us To The Dark Side In Latest EP "Refuge"

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2022 is the year of ASTRO subunits and we could not be more excited about all the new music we're getting from the musical geniuses of K-Pop. After JinJin & Rocky's iconic jazz/pop/funk EP "Restore", fellow members MOON BIN & YOON SAN-HA are here to take over our senses with the dark paradise of "Refuge". There seems to be a conceptual pattern here that ties the musical rendezvous of the subunits together in a larger ASTRO-VERSE, and it is as gratifying as it is mysterious.

Album Review: ASTRO's MOONBIN&SANHA Lure Us To The Dark Side In Latest EP "Refuge"

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"Refuge" is composed of 5 songs spanning 14 minutes and 15 seconds of pure experimental joy and creative bliss. MOONBIN&SANHA evoke a sense of surrender, enchanting listeners to lose themselves in the indulgent world they have created and emerge cleansed of temporal wounds. The flow of "Refuge" is meditative to the point of being spiritual, especially with how each song and mood transition seamlessly into another as if art is reflecting life. There's no better way to listen to this EP than in one sitting, in the sequence curated by its creators, allowing yourself to be taken on the journey MOONBIN&SANHA stand on the edge of.

 

 

'Who' starts off with a mysterious and almost childish 8-bit ins