There’s not much about TINOone online. The Instagram is song previews and I think that TINOone is a duo from their Spotify credits. But Trust In No One shows something that’s been missing from a lot of releases over the past year – a unique perspective, an original take on familiar genres, and focusing on music rather than inorganic polish.
This five-song EP is raw. Not in the sense that it’s badly recorded, mixed, or mastered, instead it’s raw because there’s no polish to make everything overly muted. TINOone plays an intersection of indie rock, indie pop, rock, post rock, and alternative emo. Just listen to “I’m OK” compared to “Lazy Sunday” to “How To Survive.” They’re three songs that blend together because each song uses similar foundations but the soundscape is walking towards different genres.
In most cases, exploring singular genres creates an uneven audio experience. But with TINOone, it actually builds on each other like chapters. Trust In No One draws you in with “I’m OK” to start and then “Lazy Sunday” is a bit more mellow and creates some curiosity.
“Empty” is the hardest track on the album, firmly entrenching itself in hard rock with a tiny amount of metal and industrial. I wonder why TINOone decided to jump around so much. I think they could be successful in any of the genres they perform in. I don’t think they’re an experimental group because they have a firm grasp on every genre’s traits. Maybe they just like trying new things all the time.
Anyway, Trust In No One is an unexpected EP. It’s got a lot of interesting ideas and I think every song has something great. Even though there’s a little bit of disconnection between the start and finish, I think the EP’s title, Trust In No One, accurately describes what we might get from TINOone in the future – whatever they want to release.
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Written by Chris P for Korean Indie.