Album title: L.A Divine
Artist: Cold War Kids
Genre: Indie Rock
Nationality: American
Release date: April 7
Position in Discography: Sixth
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Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.58
Maybe I'm just being overdosed on indie rock but it is starting to bore the arse off me. The second track here, “Can We Hang On” has an anthemic quality but it sounds as if the melody has been totally ripped off from another song; as usual, I can't place it but it's very familiar. “So Tied Up” is basically a boring pop song, “Restless” is decent but “L.A River” is total ****, even if it is only just over a minute long. “No reason To Run” sounds like a pastiche of U2 and Springsteen while there's a hint of Bowie and Talking Heads in “Open Up the Heavens”. There are definitely some good songs here, but whether there are enough to make the album worth it I don't yet know.
Some of the shorter tracks here are a waste of time; I mean, “Cameras Always On” is shaping up to be nice piano ballad, and thirty-five seconds later it's over. Two good closing tracks though, and on the whole I guess I'd say more good than bad as an album.
Check out more from this artist? Probably not
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? I think I have to
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