{"id":97935,"date":"2017-04-11T03:46:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T07:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=97935"},"modified":"2017-04-11T03:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T07:46:24","slug":"review-the-chainsmokers-disappoint-on-new-same-old-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/11\/review-the-chainsmokers-disappoint-on-new-same-old-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Chainsmokers disappoint on new, same old album"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_97936\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97936\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14947534_1288974247801629_3164166559096355479_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97936\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14947534_1288974247801629_3164166559096355479_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Chainsmokers wowed with their infectious single \u201cCloser\u201d and gave Coldplay a trendy EDM makeover on \u201cSomething Just Like This.\u201d But high hopes for a whole album by the DJ duo of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall have gone up in smoke. (Photo: The Chainsmokers\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14947534_1288974247801629_3164166559096355479_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14947534_1288974247801629_3164166559096355479_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14947534_1288974247801629_3164166559096355479_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/14947534_1288974247801629_3164166559096355479_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Chainsmokers wowed with their infectious single \u201cCloser\u201d and gave Coldplay a trendy EDM makeover on \u201cSomething Just Like This.\u201d But high hopes for a whole album by the DJ duo of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall have gone up in smoke. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thechainsmokers\/photos\/a.198934573472274.48888.198933856805679\/1288974247801629\/?type=1&amp;theater\">The Chainsmokers\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Chainsmokers, \u201cMemories&#8230; Do Not Open\u201d (Columbia)<\/p>\n<p>The Chainsmokers wowed with their infectious single \u201cCloser\u201d and gave Coldplay a trendy EDM makeover on \u201cSomething Just Like This.\u201d But high hopes for a whole album by the DJ duo of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall have gone up in smoke.<\/p>\n<p>This 12-track collection not only fails to break new ground, it spins its tires into a deep hole. The songs usually begin with slow, moody piano that builds into monster synth beats, interrupted by a period of calm. That&#8217;s thrilling in a single dose. It&#8217;s formulaic and tiresome on a full album.<\/p>\n<p>The Chainsmokers are best when they let others sing, like Emily Warren on \u201cDon&#8217;t Say\u201d and \u201cJust My Type\u201d; Jhene Aiko on \u201cWake Up Alone\u201d; and the lovely Coldplay collaboration. (It turns out The Chainsmokers need Coldplay more than Coldplay needs them.)<\/p>\n<p>Cynics might say this is just an attempt by a couple of musical hucksters _ one approaching 30 and the other on the other side of that milestone _ to appeal to teens with easily digestible, morose dance songs punctuated with expletives that give it an appearance of honesty. How else to explain lyrics that deal with cutting class, endlessly hooking up and drinking too much? \u201cIt&#8217;s hard when you&#8217;re young,\u201d goes one song. So hard.<\/p>\n<p>Standing still like this in EDM _ like standing still in a club, for that matter _ is a dangerous proposition. Other DJs are creating thrilling stuff _ Calvin Harris&#8217; \u201cSlide\u201d or Zedd&#8217;s \u201cStay\u201d _ so to hear The Chainsmokers blowing the same old smoke is a real disappointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chainsmokers, \u201cMemories&#8230; Do Not Open\u201d (Columbia) The Chainsmokers wowed with their infectious single \u201cCloser\u201d and gave Coldplay a trendy &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":97936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[17833],"class_list":["post-97935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-the-chainsmokers","mauthors-mark-kennedy","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}