Their sound is assuredly vogue, they're branded flawlessly and the aura of shadows is working like a charm – this is band simply doing everything right.
They stick to the remarkably fully-formed mantra they arrived on the scene chanting. And while they could go darker, grizzlier, or even shinier, ‘I Love You’ achieves what few debuts can, by making one hell of an opening statement.
For all of its slick production value, there’s not a lot of conviction behind the songs themselves, and the lack of depth and variety is grating.
There are hints of greatness at times, but those hints are often masked in the excess of gargantuan production or underdevelopment.
The Neighbourhood's debut album I Love You is equal parts stadium-sized indie rock and slick electronic pop with a little bit of contemporary R&B thrown in. In other words, it has everything it takes to appeal to a fan of modern pop music in 2013.
Lyrically inane, musically unoriginal, and carefully produced in a think-tank, they’re a marketing man’s wet dream, but they are unlikely to be yours.
The first half of this is actually very endearing and well-crafted, even with Sweater Weather being massively overplayed. Unfortunately, I don't give 2 shits about the second half.
Highlights: βHowβ, Afraid, Everybody's Watching Me (Uh Oh), Sweater Weather, Alleyways
Their best album imo. Love the dark melancholic soundscape cultivated across a tracklist with no real misses. Perhaps a little bit repetitive and basic but who cares when you get to listen to the tiktok song for the hundredth time, am I right guys?
The only album I truly enjoyed from The Neighbourhood from start to finish. One of my favourite albums too.
Their best album imo. Love the dark melancholic soundscape cultivated across a tracklist with no real misses. Perhaps a little bit repetitive and basic but who cares when you get to listen to the tiktok song for the hundredth time, am I right guys?
1 | How 5:14 | 78 |
2 | Afraid 4:11 | 81 |
3 | Everybody's Watching Me (Uh Oh) 3:58 | 71 |
4 | Sweater Weather 4:00 | 88 |
5 | Let It Go 3:17 | 72 |
6 | Alleyways 4:27 | 77 |
7 | W.D.Y.W.F.M? 4:19 | 69 |
8 | Flawless 4:06 | 73 |
9 | Female Robbery 3:29 | 70 |
10 | Staying Up 4:28 | 69 |
11 | Float 4:21 | 69 |