The next album review to be reviewed on the blog is CIX’s sixth mini-album, OK Episode 2: I’m OK. As you can probably tell, this is the second instalment in the OK series that CIX began two years ago through their OK Prologue: Be OK studio album and their OK Episode 1: OK Not mini-album (lead by singles WAVE and 458, respectively). The latest instalment of the OK series sees Save me, Kill me serve as the lead single alongside 3 additional new side tracks. Overall, this latest mini-album is top-notch and feature high quality tracks throughout. For more on the songs, continue reading below.

1.  Back To Life – My praises of CIX’s vocals in the title track goes one step further in Back To Life. Their vocals in the first track of this mini-album are stunningly beautiful. Again, you can feel the emotions behind their vocals. But this time, they are very captivating. To the point where if you wanted to take it all in, you cannot do anything at the exact same time. Their vocals are over a soft piano and orchestral instrumentation that very much stayed in the background and served as an accompaniment, allowing CIX’s vocals to be in the forefront and focus of Back to Life. A breath-taking start to the mini-album. (10/10)

2. Save me, Kill me (Title Track) – Click here to read the full review for Save me, Kill me. (8/10)

3. Curtain Call – Curtain Call is another ballad that focuses the limelight on the members’ vocals. I did like the more positive tone that came from the melodies (more on this in a second) and BX’s rapping in the track. Curtain Call starts off with some acoustic guitars, but it slowly builds from there with the emerging presence of band instrumentation and even light presence of synths. The lyrics of the song talks about how the end of one thing is the beginning of another, and that a curtain call is a beautiful event. (9/10)    

4. Color – In an album that features ballads and softer songs thus far, Color is quite the outlier in terms of its sound. It goes in much harder during the choruses, with a rock instrumentation taking over. The verses didn’t have that same oomph, but it did feature a consistent guitar strumming in the background that in hindsight does allude us to the rock instrumentation that was to come. In line with the rest of the album, Color features nice vocals in this song from all the members and I also enjoyed the hopeful lyrics that Color delivered. (9/10)

Overall Album Rating – 9/10