DNCE

Consistently retro and consistently delightful, DNCE is a release you don’t want to sleep on. Although it’s not the place to look for existential musings or social commentaries, if you’re in the mood for a carefree good time, let this album be your soundtrack.

It’s better for the band—and everyone else—when they don’t overthink it.

DNCE never tries too hard, and it’s that effortlessness that makes it one of the best post-boy band rehab albums since Justin Timberlake’s Justified.

Duds aside, DNCE's greatest strength is never taking themselves too seriously – an underrated quality in pop music – and in the end, they find that of all the throwback funk, R&B and bubblegum sounds they try on, "fun" is ultimately the genre they have completely mastered.

Closing track ‘Unsweet’ ... seems to sum up Jonas’s intentions: he’s not that sweet Jonas Brother any more, and he wants you to know it. But his reincarnation is postcard saucy, not filthy, his new friends look like Power Rangers villains and his debut album is fun to listen to.