Optica
Merge
2013
Rating: 6.5 proper goodbyes out of 10
I'm at a loss as how to classify Shout Out Louds - there is no easily identifiable genre name for their music, despite there being plenty of bands that fit in this niche. Adult-oriented, mature pop with a heavy gloss to it but still not sounding overly commercial or, well, cheeseball. The Swedes seem particularly adept at this sound, the Shout Out Louds probably being the very best. Or maybe Acid House Kings. Let's just call it a tie. Anyways, good record...loved their first two, not sure I even listened to their third; this one is a step below those first two, but I'm not talking about any huge drop off. I don't really have anything more fruitful to say here - good, mature pop.
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