I Wanna Go Out- American Authors Review

I don't like American Authors, and this single doesn't do anything to rise my opinion of them. They originally rose to 15 minutes of fame with Best Day Of My Life, a complete ripoff of the great It's Time by Imagine Dragons, which was the song that got Imagine Dragons a record deal. It's Time at least sounded happy but had darker lyrics, while best Day Of My Life was crummy all smiles summer song that could barely get the "rock'' into pop rock. After the album came out with that ripoff on it, their second album tanked. They didn't even manage to do what Foster The People did after Pumped Up Kicks, which was follow the hit with another that barely scrapes the Hot 100.

This single has no apparent major instruments in it except fuzzy and poor quality drums and some type of keyboard. The vocals don't make much sense, and are very simple. The singer has an okay voice, but its just covered over in massive choruses that overuse tired indie pop conventions like lots of "hey-yas" and "na na nas''. Clearly, the song was only meant to be played on bad radio stations and on low quality speakers months after it disappears from its low spot on the Billboard Hot 100, if it makes it there. This song illustrates the disturbing trend in pop rock towards uplifting garbage with no basis in rock, which I hope will be corrected by excellent songs like Feel It Still. Hopefully this isn't a single for a new album, as that would only make the world worse.

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