Five In The Black
Tohoshinki
Their moniker, Rising Gods Of The East, is a good indication of this boyband’s ambitions.
Not content to ride the Korean wave sweeping the Asian region, the five lads are releasing their second Japanese album in an effort to conquer this large market.
What is on offer here is consistently enjoyable K-filtered-through-J pop,with the requisite repertoire of dance tracks and ballads. The unrelenting slickness can be too much to take in one sitting though.
The DVD of the de rigueur tightly choreographed music videos includes the hit Rising Sun from their previous Japanese album Heart, Mind And Soul.
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