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| Album Rating: B- |
There comes a time when music becomes so generic that nothing can save it. No matter how beautiful the production, how well the lead singer can croon or snarl, or how catchy the music, the drab nature of the songwriting and implementation of the music overrides all positive qualities. Last year, this was most noticeable in Imagine Dragons'
Night Visions, though a lesser version of this strict adherence to formula was also visible in albums like Enei's
Machines and Feed Me's
Escape From Electric Mountain, among others. No matter how fun and well-produced every song on each of these releases was, there was an overwhelming sameness and stringent following of genre tropes which cancelled out the good in these releases, resulting in three average albums which displayed a frustrating amount of potential. It's always sad to see music like this, when songs are so nice to listen to, yet so damn average at the same time - this phenomenon happens all too often in music, as it always has, and it's very disappointing when it does.
