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The clip opens with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia TV stars (and real-life couple) Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson walking to a stage-side table in an empty, but well-lit nightclub, as she informs him that she’s hired his favorite band to play a private concert as a present. 3), it got downright silly with its accompanying video. So this March, when Las Vegas juggernaut Imagine Dragons (title holders to said impressive figures) retuned with “Follow You,” the first single from their new Rick Rubin-produced Mercury – Act 1 set, released today (Sept. Elsewhere, the frontman sings of keeping going “ ’til the midnight hour” (well, they do have work in the morning) and turning the dial up “when you’re face to the floor”.When you’ve become one of the most successful rock bands in the world, with 46 million albums and 53 million songs sold-alongside 74 billion streams, and counting-it’s good to stay grounded with an absurd, self-deprecating sense of humor. Nothing says sexy, after all, like dragging your hollow husk of a body into an open-plan office and dodging your fellow commuters’ potent coffee breath. “ You are my Monday, you’re the best day of the week,” Reynolds croons with saccharine falsetto, “so underrated and a brand new start”. Their interpretation feels somewhat soulless. While those acts couple their bright, gleaming synth lines with darker, sexually charged undertones to gripping effect, Imagine Dragons opt for the disarmingly chipper. Underpinned by a squelching bass-line, Reynolds affects a strange, snarling delivery on the album’s raunchiest number ‘Monday’ – apparently a tribute to Prince, and nicking doubled-up vocals and grinding pop straight from the playbook of Perfume Genius, Christine and The Queens and the other innovative pop artists refreshing ‘80s sounds. It’s a shame that there’s little sense of digging further into that pivotal moment. The song is apparently inspired by a “life-changing” text from Reynolds’ wife as he was on his way to finalise their divorce, which indirectly led to them getting back together. It’s also the best track here, and a demonstration of what Imagine Dragons do best – penning stadium-ready anthems with fist-clenching emotional heft. Leaping between all of these disparate sounds, cohesion is clearly not a focus here. When he hits full-pelt, it feels flat – not even a gratuitously yowling guitar solo can yank it back.
In writing ‘Dull Knives’, Imagine Dragons presumably went into the studio intent on writing their very own ‘The Black Parade’ – and while Reynolds’ exposed, raw vocal shows a less polished side to the frontman at times, the song lacks all of emo’s knowing theatrical flourish. “ Your heart is frozen over,” frontman Dan Reynolds sings, “I’m a four-leaf clovеr”. The beaming ‘No Time For Toxic People’ tries its hand at ‘Lover’-era Taylor Swift, but stumbles over unclear imagery. Often, listening to ‘Mercury – Act 1’ feels like navigating a torrential downpour of spaghetti being flung at the wall from cider advert soundtrack vibes to ‘Cutthroat”s thoroughly unconvincing attempt at screamo. The question is, having dominated the previous one, do they have anything new to offer it? Teaming up with enigmatic producer Rick Rubin for their fifth album ‘Mercury – Act 1’, they now find themselves releasing music in a brand new decade. When the Las Vegas band released their last record ‘Origins’ in 2018 they were officially Spotify’s most listened-to group, and based on sales and streams, they’re one of the most wildly successful bands of the 2010s. Think of Imagine Dragons and the phrase ‘doing massive numbers’ comes to mind.
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