![]() On the contrary: The Glitch Mob, despite the cynical and jaded attitudes they tend to prompt, has created a surprisingly strong debut full-length. That’s not to say Drink the Sea doesn’t succeed at all, though. ![]() ![]() Sure, you’ve got surface differentiators - the rock organ on “A Dream Within a Dream,” the uplifting whoa-ohs of “Bad Wings” - but by and large the resonating snares and distorted, lethargic basslines tend to blend together eventually. The thumping Hollywood drums create a stark lack of variety, to the point that much of the album sounds strikingly similar. And, therefore, Drink the Sea doesn’t completely succeed. It’s much the same logic as the fact that a song designed to be an arena-filler cannot actually succeed: in order to be as grand as the electronic supergroup wanted it to be, there has to be some degree of organic creativity driven by the desire to make music in which the priority is making it good, not epic. By nature, an album like The Glitch Mob’s debut cannot be massive and memorable unless it gets really lucky. Review Summary: The shortest distance between two points.ĭrink the Sea suffers from overambition: it tries too hard to be epic. ![]()
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