Week 2: Walk The Moon- Talking is Hard

Week 2 features Talking Is Hard by Walk the Moon. Here is our words:

Alex: Dance-inducing as all h*ck;  Talking Is Hard is up-beat from the very first note and keeps that energy throughout the bulk of this awesome album. Going into this, the only song that I had heard from this album was the single, Shut Up and Dance. It was an instantly appealing song; although being a different sound from most of the music I listen too. I was not convinced that an album of twelve songs by this band would be able to grab me as the single did. Boy was I wrong. The very first song on the album, Different Colours, very quickly usurped Shut Up and Dance as my favorite on the album. The rest of the album followed suit with a barrage of catchy riffs and funky grooves that never let go of my attention. The synthesizers take center stage for the vast majority of the album. However, the band does not sacrifice the guitar and one can find many instances where the two are combined masterfully. Down in the Dumps displays this but is by no means the only example. This is definitely an album that is worth listening to. Even if you have a problem with pop music, you may be forced to count it as a guilty pleasure because it is an immensely fun record to listen to. 

Mike: Talking Is Hard is an album that dares you not to dance to it, except for it's conclusion, “Aquaman” which dares you not to have sex to it. When you aren't singing along to it's catchy hooks, your rocking out to the riffs in “Up 2 U” and “Spend Your $$$”. Unless you're not, maybe you don't like Indie-Pop, you probably won't like this record then. The sounds are common amongst contemporary Indie-Pop, but through the record sounds familiar, it wasn't tiring to the brain. It doesn't go out of it's way to be unique, but instead delivers on everything expected of it. I would not be surprised if, in the near future, hear every one of these songs feature in a commercial for a cell phone company or breathe mint. Teens will listen to this album during a bonfire and decry that Summer 2015 is the best that there was and that there ever will be. They will listen to this album and forget that everything in the world is out there to crush them, and isn’t that really what what everyone wants?