X Ambassadors f/ Imagine Dragons - "Fear"

[maine]

Song off of X Ambassadors' debut album, VHS, which features labelmates Imagine Dragons. Potentially the next single off of the album. 

Listen: www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/blog/x-ambassadors-fear/

[Kurt]

There were a few songs from the album that I liked after listening yesterday - this wasn't one of them. Weird hook too, so I think it'd be a poor single choice.

[maine]

Jun 24, 2015 13:49:21 GMT -5 Kurt said:

There were a few songs from the album that I liked after listening yesterday - this wasn't one of them. Weird hook too, so I think it'd be a poor single choice.

Did it sound as clunky as the version I heard? The one I listened to sounded terrible.

[Kurt]

Jun 24, 2015 13:50:46 GMT -5 maine said:

Jun 24, 2015 13:49:21 GMT -5 Kurt said:

There were a few songs from the album that I liked after listening yesterday - this wasn't one of them. Weird hook too, so I think it'd be a poor single choice.

Did it sound as clunky as the version I heard? The one I listened to sounded terrible.

I listened via iTunes - the structure is weird, yeah (in that "lights out / I'm 'fraid of everything that moves" is the closest thing to a chorus and the "fear, fear, fear" rhythm is abnormal), if that's what you mean.

[maine]

Jun 24, 2015 14:28:27 GMT -5 Kurt said:

Jun 24, 2015 13:50:46 GMT -5 maine said:

Did it sound as clunky as the version I heard? The one I listened to sounded terrible.

I listened via iTunes - the structure is weird, yeah (in that "lights out / I'm 'fraid of everything that moves" is the closest thing to a chorus and the "fear, fear, fear" rhythm is abnormal), if that's what you mean.

I already forgot the song lol. Whatever the one is on Josep Vinaixa's site is the one I listened to.

[Kurt]

Jun 24, 2015 16:25:31 GMT -5 maine said:

Jun 24, 2015 14:28:27 GMT -5 Kurt said:

I listened via iTunes - the structure is weird, yeah (in that "lights out / I'm 'fraid of everything that moves" is the closest thing to a chorus and the "fear, fear, fear" rhythm is abnormal), if that's what you mean.

I already forgot the song lol. Whatever the one is on Josep Vinaixa's site is the one I listened to.

That's it. I don't ever trust Josep's claims about singles (I think he usually claims things are upcoming singles because it makes readers more likely to share or find it via search), but I also don't see that single artwork anywhere else online, so maybe he had a press release or something. (The original artwork without the text is on this photographer's Tumblr - she does some album photography/artwork and she appears to be connected to people in XA's camp, so it's probably official artwork, at least.)

[maine]

Jun 24, 2015 16:42:49 GMT -5 Kurt said:

Jun 24, 2015 16:25:31 GMT -5 maine said:

I already forgot the song lol. Whatever the one is on Josep Vinaixa's site is the one I listened to.

That's it. I don't ever trust Josep's claims about singles (I think he usually claims things are upcoming singles because it makes readers more likely to share or find it via search), but I also don't see that single artwork anywhere else online, so maybe he had a press release or something. (The original artwork without the text is on this photographer's Tumblr - she does some album photography/artwork and she appears to be connected to people in XA's camp, so it's probably official artwork, at least.)

I don't either, which is why I put this here (I was going to before anyways because the collab screamed single). I saw the same thing with the artwork as well. I was hoping this would be amazing since it seems like a match made in heaven, but God this sucks. It gives me "Gold" vibes which I hated at first but now it's among my favorites from Smoke and Mirrors now, so I'll reserve full judgement for now.