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Ahead of Myself- X Ambassadors Review

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It's good to listen to the explicit lyrics to hear what the musician's message really is. And with this song, the unfiltered lyrics aptly describe the song- a "shitty situation". Sam Harris sings about not being able to move on to a new lover, which sounds okay but turns bad with its gospel-like yeah babes and repetitious lyrics. The song starts off with an acoustic guitar and moves into weird RnB proto-horns and speedy and unnatural rap drum beats, which makes the song interesting but not particularly good. This combination of three instruments in different forms isn't a very X Ambassadors pop rock style, but more of a Sir Sly electronic indie feel, which Don't You Worry, Honey proved can either be very good or a mushed up failure. This song comes after the okay Torches and good The Devil You Know, but reverts back to their Unsteady and VHS-like pop attributes instead of the good new pop rock of The Devil You Know. Genius, the best and most accurate but cro...

Kaleidoscope EP- Coldplay Review

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This "EP" has been a long time coming. The release date to this companion of 2015's A Head Full of Dreams has been constantly delayed as single after single have come out for this EP, four of the five tracks, leaving only one new one to look forward to and a reworked version of the boring Hypnotised. And finally it's here- but how will it sound all together? The first track is All I Can Think About Is You, which really signaled the new sound for Coldplay that this EP would bring. The song starts slowly, with basic drumming, and low guitar, bass and keyboards and begins to heat up around Chris Martin's vocals. When he says something about a lonely shoe it launches into a classic Coldplay key line and into an almost orchestral song with Chris Martin singing to the rafters. Their also many synths that crowd the song up too much, when it would be perfectly fine on its own. The song turns a bit too grandiose, but does end well on a guitar note. Miracles(Someone Speci...