Never Shout Never - Indigo - Released 12th November 2012
The lyrics are similar to all their other music still including
explicit language but with light hearted tone, all because his songs are about
love. How can someone not like it all his music is metaphorical and can relate
to anyone: they sing about life stages and everyday topics.
This album is much more alternative compared to their old albums;
which were acoustic based. The first single ‘Magic’ is upbeat with a new twist
and more modernised to fit in with 2012, it includes piano and a clear
percussion. The album looks to be similar to what we expect of the band.
I prefer their old music however, they have developed as a band and
grown into their acoustic and alternative blend. Even though at first the
single ‘Magic’ is relaxing it is also upbeat, this is a strange mix at first,
but later into the song becomes enjoyable.
However from there on, the other singles including 'Life Goes On’
and 'The Wrong Side of Town' are very dreamlike and can become too dazing.
After a few songs this album becomes droney and is too high-pitched
without a strong beat or impact. Unfortunately not as good as first album
‘Yippee’, where each song has an individuality and Christofer Drew has a twang
in his voice and music. This looses their trademark strong acoustic beats that
are bouncy and and easy to listen to. In this album ‘Indigo’ everything is
shifty and has more of a psychedelic feel.
In the early years of their career Never Shout Never had little
reputation in the critic world as his lyrics were considered unsophisticated
and cliched, and they only had a fan-base of teenage girls. Never Shout Never
have clearly tried to steer away from the simplistic acoustic style and gain a
newer, wider fan-base. However this album is not the one to do it.
After hope of the first single ‘Magic’ every other single doesn’t
live up to their style and this interpretation of psychedelic music has been
taken too far. I physically found it hard to listen to the whole album without feeling
drained and most songs left me with a pounding of the head.
Everything was simply crap and they should stick to the acoustic pop
blend rather than experiment.
2/5
