“ There are pills on the table and a thought in my head / And I walk through the halls where I used to be led / My heart is filled with reasons” give some insight on “My Life” and how about: These days I’m becoming everything that I hate / Wishing you were around but now it’s too late / My mind is a place that I can’t escape your ghost” for “Wrecked.” And, “Lonely” speaks for itself. “Monday” has Muse written all over it and a nice contrastive reach by the band. “My Life” builds to this soaring yet simple guitar solo that adds to the song’s emotional bent, great hooks and vocal work on Lonely,” while “Wrecked” serves as the longest and best track. They are a rock band and if they stuck in this lane would probably not get some of the grief thrown their way with the overproduction accusations and made-for-radio hits. “My Life,” “Lonely,” “Wrecked” and “Monday” pull in a rock flair which suits Imagine Dragons best.
The first four songs on Mercury – Act 1 feature some of the band’s finest work. You load a plate with different foods and either eat everything because you like it or enjoy what tastes good and discard the rest. This continues on the 42 minute, 13 song Mercury – Act 1 which embraces rock, pop, a little (if not too much) hip hop, sounding sometimes emotional, other times angst ridden. Comprised of singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee on bass and drummer Dan Platzman, all of whom contribute on other instruments to produce their often flashy sound, Imagine Dragons have yet to produce a cohesive record, jumbling various bits of this and that throughout, which ironically produce a type of cohesion for the band. Imagine Dragons break some new ground while retaining their core sound on their fifth album Mercury – Act 1, out today, but mostly walk back into their own self-achieved genre.įinding immediate success with their smash debut album Night Visions in 2012, the luster wore off rather quickly, which didn’t seem to deter the band’s direction.
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