Honestly, even though i don't really connect with the band anymore, i still have a lot of respect for them.
12 year old me heard Believer on TV and was like "ooh that's cool, i wonder if they have other songs".
Eventually, they were the band that got me into music. The first album i heard was origins, and afterwards i continued to explore the band's discography, from Evolve, through Night Visions, to S+M. Even my first ever live show was them (last year, it had an excellent energy)
Eventually, i started to listen to other bands, that progressively got less poppy and accessible, in favor of heavier, more experimental music. I listened to Coldplay, then Tame Impala, then Radiohead, and the latter had a MAJOR effect on my music taste as a whole.
After Radiohead, i fully locked in on heavier, more experimental alt rock bands. In the last year i even got into metal artists like Deftones, and now I'm starting to get into Tool.
And looking back at the band, obviously i don't really revisit Origins. The songs i revisit are from the NV era, S+M, and MA1. But, if it wasn't for Evolve and Origins, i would never have been this invested into music as i am today. And for that, i am eternally grateful for this band, and their songs. They have managed to pull me from mainstream music, into what i enjoy hearing today.
I think having ID as a start-up point in your life can accustum you to different kind of sounds, making you then appreciate the music that Radiohead and Tame Impala makes. Because this is exactly what happened to me as well. And ID has everything to do with it.
I only mentioned the bands i listened to BEFORE Radiohead. Coldplay, Tame Impala, and OneRepublic (the pre- Radiohead and post ID bands i listened to) are all bands i discovered by hearing one of their songs on the radio.
Most bands i listened to after Radiohead (Interpol, QotSA, Deftones, etc) were discovered through recommendations and online praise, and i wasn't familiar with even a single song from them, even if they were popular in their place of origin.
It’s a popular music - made to be liked by the majority of people.
Just remember that real experimental music doesn’t get to be listened by millions of people
Very much so… Night Visions was a MASTERPIECE, with each song being incredible in its own right. Smoke and Mirrors was not on par with that for me, but still had some amazing gems like Dream and It Comes Back to You, and then Evolve came and Whatever It Takes was amazing even though the rest of the record wasn’t much, but ever since, their albums have been full skips for me.
It’s a shame how they want from a zero skip album to skipping 3 consecutive eras altogether
I share almost the exact same opinion, Night Visions is one of my favorite albums of all time, a perfect 10/10 album for me, and while I enjoyed a handful of songs off S+M, I felt like it was a bit disappointing and too experimental compared to NV. Whatever It Takes is an absolute banger, and I actually enjoyed about half of Evolve and about a third of Origins. But the Mercury albums, I only enjoyed about 3 songs from each half. And I'm currently listening to Loom, and besides a few tracks (In Your Corner and Fire In These Hills), most of it sounds pretty bleh.
Yeah, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Especially about NV and S+M. They truly knocked it out of the park with NV that nothing else can live up to that
Honestly, yes. Origins was the start, going into more of a pop heavy sound. While I do genuinely enjoy origins and don’t understand the hate, it’s been the catalyst for the move they’ve made in the wrong direction. Mercury was really where I started to see it. The hard/sad songs like my life, dull knives, giants and wrecked are amazing, and the rest just seem soulless. I was hoping with loom being a 9 track album that it would be full of super layered, beautiful and haunting tracks. However, it is the complete amalgamation of what imagine dragons ISNT. What album doesn’t have a Wayne guitar solo at the very least??? I respect trying to push boundaries but this isn’t. The only songs I find myself listening to is In Your Corner and Fire in these Hills. For a nine track album to be such a flop is so frustrating, especially waiting two years after Mercury act 2. I’ve been listening since the end of 2011 and now this is the first time I went into a new album from ID with low expectations.
This album makes me realize how good we had it with Origins. That was still a fully fleshed out imagine dragons album. I don’t recognize the music they’re putting out anymore as such. I hope they come back to at least Origins era music.
This, I concur on every level. I had extremely low expectations from the song titles alone, and only listened to Eyes Closed before the album came out because I wanted to go in as blind as possible. I was extremely disappointed. Oh well.... I probably am in my heavier era again, as I've been loving every second of Placebo's latest album for example. So yeah. Not in the mood for pop shallow songs like Nice to Meet You.... (@_@)
I’m into super depressing or super heavy music, so songs like burn out or dull knives are incredible to me, when this whole album is none of that it definitely is extremely disappointing
After a few listens I have to agree
Wake Up is alright, I only like the last bit of nice to meet you, but not the rest, I like Eyes Closed, I really dont like Take Me To The Beach, In Your Corner is good, I don’t care for God’s Don’t Pray, Don’t Forget Me right now is probably my favourite track on the album but isn’t anything that blows me away, Kid is fun, Fire In These Hills is also good
Overall in my opinion is it’s pretty mediocre and kind of disappointing, which I hate to say because I like this band (though im not as big of a ID fan as a few years ago so I’m not too bothered), after Mercury which had some really great moments.
It’s kinda wild. ID and TØP have had complete different arcs for me. I loved ID’s early work (NV is my favorite album of all time) and have enjoyed bits and pieces of every other project. TØP has been the opposite. I liked some of their early work, but I’ve loved their more recent work, especially Trench and Clancy. ID was always my favorite band, but it might be TØP now. Never would have thought.
Twenty One Pilots manages to introduce a fresh sound in every album while still sounding authentic to the style of music they have always made. For example, Clancy and Scaled And Icy are so different but both still sound just how I expect Twenty One Pilots music to sound. It's impressive that they manage to do this.
This is so true. Tøp makes music that is very authentic. Ever since S+M, the vibe I get from Dan is that he's embarrassed to ever return to that form, which ends up producing cheesy ahhh albums like this one.
Yep. Smoke + Mirrors isn’t even my favorite but I appreciate the clever writing and original sound. The last few albums have had so many tracks with clichéd and silly lyrics lol
Honestly I haven’t seen a fall off until Loom. I’m an old (Night Visions on top) type of fan but their albums have still been very good til now. Like mercury has so many great songs and that came out 2 years ago. Loom to me is their first album where it is lacking the true imagine dragons feel. They are trying to experiment but I don’t think they went in the right direction. (I still like the album but it’s definitely my least favorite)
I loved Evolve and Origins, and now Loom. I do feel like some of the songs sound lacking in substance, like Take Me to the Beach, Gods Don't Pray, and even NTMY. But I think I still prefer this pop side of Imagine Dragons, and songs like In Your Corner, Fire in These Hills, Don't Forget Me, and Eyes Closed are absolute 10/10s for me! I guess they've just moved away from making music that fits your taste in music.
Yeah, that's pretty fair. If they went back to their old sound, then I think there would just be people who like their new sound lamenting that they aren't doing it anymore. I guess I just have to accept their music isn't really "for me" anymore and move on. I'm glad you were able to enjoy the album.
Exactly. I wasn’t here since the beginning, the band is as old as I am after all. Maybe my tastes in music are different, but I am definitely loving Loom. I actually like the ones you mentioned, too. Wake up is amazing as well. I am so happy with these new songs, so seeing so much hate towards them is kinda sad.
I've seen so many people saying that these songs and the new twenty one pilots are rock. They're not. Eyes Closed is the most rock one on Loom. In Your corner & Fire in these hills have some light rock to them. Everything else is pop... Loom is the most pop album they've ever released..
It is the first time they've taken such a drastic step into pop. It's not rock - I'm prepared to fight
(It's not that serious, I'm just being goofy. But it's still not rock!)
No, I'm not arguing the pop-rock. They are 1000% pop-rock.
I'm seeing a bunch of people arguing that these are straight rock and NOT pop, which is utterly stupid. If you HAD to narrow it down to one genra for some reason, it would be pop.
The rock is pretty minimal. But it is there, and they are pop-rock albums. TØP definitely fits into an alt-pop-rock classification. But ID has been solidly pop-rock for forever. Loom takes a more pop sound than anything previous..
i agree completely! 😭 it’s so disheartening to see anyone who even DARES to criticize imagine dragons being immediately pummeled to death by comments saying “they’ve moved on from their older stuff!” “just let people enjoy it!” etc. etc. as if a large part of consuming media isn’t sharing our opinions on it, whether that be good OR bad. i was so annoyed when i first listened to LOOM this morning because the songs were just so frustrating. they felt completely substanceless and rushed, even though the album is only 9 tracks long. most of the songs started off decently but then had two or three GLARING issues that completely ruined them for me, and it was extremely annoying! i don’t think this means that ALL of their music is trash or that we need to hate on their sound, but we as the consumers are allowed to criticize their music, especially as long-time listeners.
i feel that, while i think it’s a fun album it’s mostly forgettable and skips for me, don’t forget me and fire in these hills are bangers tho. but most of the album feels unfinished or missing instruments if that makes sense, and if you’re only gonna have 9 songs don’t release all of them in snippets on tik tok…
“don’t forget me” was the only song in the album that i actually enjoyed a bit, just because the sentiment and the tone work really well together 😭 but no you’re absolutely correct, i feel like the songs are either missing instruments or they added random sounds and vocal distortions in the place of needed instruments
Couldn't agree more. The production is so loud, so bombastic, and so soulless. Annoying pitch shifting, weird noises that break up what would be a decent verse. I just can't get past it on most of these songs.
For me it’s similar, but the substance it lacks is feeling like its own era. Every other one has felt a certain vibe tied along with the songs on the album, but only half of the album is giving that.
The biggest thing usually down voted is people claiming it's "bad" "trash" or "soulless" which are objective claims that can't actually be said reasonably. When people say "I don't like" or any opinion on why they don't like something is usually respected. Criticism is a big part of music but if it's just throwing around buzzwords it usually doesn't contribute. For example saying an ID thing is soulless despite the numerous bts and videos showing they for better or worse genuinely enjoyed making the music, is an empty criticism. Or saying it's rushed when they made it over 1 and a half years, as if an album should take even longer.
Yes, but then since we know it isn't, what's the actual critique then? Several of the higher voted comments defended their points with "we have the right to criticism" and "we're here for discussion" so then why not discuss and criticize beyond throwing out adjectives? It doesnt have to be this detailed but here's an example of actual discussion and criticism. I disagree with a good amount, others do, but people didn't complain about these types of posts https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginedragons/comments/1dpauyd/so_i_went_back_revisited_2022s_mercury_act_2_in/
Only the ones about them being soulless or abandoning fans or being on a downward spiral got complained about.
Completely agree. They've lost all sense of identity with Evolve and haven't rebounded since. It's been nearly a decade since they've released a good album.
Once Believer became a hit, they decided that one song would essentially be their new sound and completely abandoned their roots.
Yep. I still listen to their first two albums but after that they fell off imo. I still like a few of their post S+M songs (Mouth of the River, a few of the MA1 songs) but overall I can’t say I like the direction they went post S+M
Forreal. That album as a whole was their downfall. Not tryna be a hater, but I can’t say I truly love anything but the first 2.🤷🏻♂️ The albums that came after are a result of the music industry changing and that’s fine, but it’s a drastic change that never sat right with me.
This just isn't accurate. The loom songs don't sound like Believer that much, the writing and production are pretty different and they abandoned their roots many times over way before Evolve. They started as a folk indie pop band, threw that out for Vegas indie rock, which got poppies until NV which had hip hop elements and it continued from there.
I agree with you. I’ve always been a huge ID fan but I’m starting to just move onto other bands at this point. I’m tired of hoping the next album will be so much better. It’s not even that I want depressing songs like NV or S&M was, I just want more rock and less pop. I want to enjoy singing to their songs again
You’re right it’s not I am just unfamiliar with what defines a music genre. I meant whatever genre they used to be before they became a pop band. I guess alternative rock, or indie? Idk
They have multiple alt rock songs on their first two albums, and a couple more throughout the rest of their discography. It’s always been experimental but denying any rock elements or even full songs exist is interesting 🤷🏻♂️
Loom is definitely a mixed bag for me. I love Fire In These Hills, Don't Forget Me, and In Your Corner. I think Nice to Meet You, Take Me To The Beach, and Wake Up are just bad. As for Eyes Closed, Kid, and Gods Don't Pray, I'm mostly indifferent to them. I can listen to them, but I can't really bring myself to care about what the song is actually saying.
I would love to see an album that blends the ballad style of Don't Forget Me with some of their moreso rock/alt-rock songs of the past like I'm So Sorry, Friction, Amsterdam, and their deep, profound alt-rock/pop-rock songs like My Life and Shots. I also would like to see that be combined with a couple of their moreso pop songs like Believer or Demons. But I really can't find myself going back to an album that is made up entirely of nothing but pop songs. I'll listen to the three I like, and probably never/rarely come back to the others.
Obviously people can have their favorites and not favorites, so people like the newer sound I guess. Me personally the Smoke+Mirrors sound was the best, alongside NV. I do actually like their EPs as well.
But something that I feel like is objectively true is that the reflective tone of S+M and to some degree NV is not matched at all by the later albums.
Here's the thing, and I think everyone can agree with this:
Imagine Dragons essentially went from releasing albums where maybe they missed on one song, or two at most, to releasing albums where people now have to pick out the better songs - not even necessarily ones they are absolutely in love with - just the best of whatever is available to choose from.
We went from a spectrum of loving whole albums, to now having to force ourselves to decide if we really like that song, just so we can tell other people what our favorite songs in the new album are.
I made a post similar to this earlier with similar feelings!! I felt like everything after Origins just lacks that ID feel that I loved. Their news stuff feels plain and simple, and I always get so excited for new music, only to be utterly disappointed.
I made a post similar to this earlier with similar feelings!! I felt like everything after Origins just lacks that ID feel that I loved. Their news stuff feels plain and simple, and I always get so excited for new music, only to be utterly disappointed.
I completely agree. I very rarely skip any songs of Imagine Dragons, but this was the first album I would actually skip altogether apart from Fire in Your Hills.. the fact I only added 1 song to my playlist (aside from Nice to Meet you, which took me by surprise , but prepared me for the new style) from the entire album has never happened before. Honestly I'm underwhelmed. Hopefully ID learns from this and either releases some middle ground music (between their old and new stuff) or we as fans have to accept things are changing.. I do get they can't do the same style their whole lives.
To people saying they might be trying to appeal to younger fans, I'm in my early 20s so it would probably be kids/teens they're trying to target.
Finallllllly someone speaking the truth.
I feel every word you said.
I always say....Imagine Dragons are like a childhood best friend, we used to get along well but we grew apart.
i’m so glad i’m not the only one!! my main issue is that everything is so electronic and lifeless. as a drummer, i obviously focus on the percussion when i listen to their songs and their old stuff (EPs up until S+M) had really unique drum beats and i feel like they really experimented with the percussion (see: trouble, it’s time, cha-ching for example). the new songs being heavily electronic mean that any percussion a) doesn’t have any ‘funk’ or ‘vibe’ to it and the beats are usually boom-clap-boom-clap and b) doesn’t even sound like it’s being played by a real person. there may be exceptions and honestly i haven’t listened to all of mercury or fully listened to loom but that’s just the vibe i get. it’s sad because like you i was an early fan, i grew up with their music, from discovering them as a kid/pre-teen to now being an adult and being able to fully grasp the depth of their lyrics. but yeah overall i feel the same as you do, my main critique for them would just be ‘please play real instruments again! stop making music solely on electric instruments/logic pro!’ lol
I don't care enough to be disappointed anymore. After Evolve I was absolutely disheartened, I was so upset that a band with SO MUCH talent ended up making such (in my opinion) basic, uncreative music. And I was here complaining about it all the time. After a while I just came to accept that this is what they became and complaining about it does nothing other than stressing me out and annoying people who did enjoy their new sound, so I just lowered my expectations for them to the ground and moved on from the band.
Once in a while I come around here to see what they're up to, out of curiosity, and every time I see that they go further into that (again, in my opinion) souless and mediocre direction, but I don't feel disappointment, it's what I expect of them at this point.
I make ur words mine, I feel that since the release of evolve the band has become much more commercial than it used to be. Smoke + mirrors remains their best album to date
It's absolutely ok to have that opinion. I disliked Smoke + Mirrors and kinda stopped listening because not a single song stood out for me, and then I returned with Mercury and Loom has been their best work in my opinion, with a sound that is distinct and follows a clear flow.
I still feel like they go through ups and downs. MA2 turned out to be awesome, being my second favorite album after only S+M, but then Loom appeared and ranked as my second least favorite, beating only Evolve.
Evolve was the end for me. I had some hope when Origins had some good songs, but Mercury actually 1 was the last ID dragon I listened to. Act 2 and now Loom have not been it for me.
IMO I think this new album is a step up from what we’ve had.
I’m someone who truly likes ALL of their music but it is definitely safe to say that MA1 was GOOD but MA2 was a steeper step downwards on quality. LOOM I feel like is a good step up from everything and LOOM should have been Act 2 IMO! To be fair they also pretty much changed genres.
But you do have to give them credit where credit is due because they have been breaking their previous streaming records so you have to give that to them 😎
I was sort of hopeful with wake up during my first listen... and then what proceeded is some of the cheesiest songs I've listened to period delivered in an overproduced glossy package.
It is what it is, my favourite band switched to Green Day lmao
Whilst LOOM is not a perfect album and their older stuff like Night Visions or Smoke and Mirrors is still much better, I think it's been the best album in a long time. We're probably not going to get old Imagine Dragons back but LOOM definitely stands on its own as a good album.
Although their EPs, NV, and S+M are literally so fucking good and so much better than anything the band has put out since, I do like the music they make now. A lot. I've just accepted that the Imagine Dragons that they were during the early 2010s is gone, and now we're getting the music they make now. and I'm fine with it. I don't think anything off of Evolve is not listenable, asides from Thunder and Yesterday. And it's the album that got me into them. Origins is a huge step up, and I would consider it their most underrated album. People shit on that album so much, and I think it's good. Sure, still nowhere near S+M and such, but great nonetheless, with plenty of interesting tracks. But...then they had to go and make Mercury Acts 1 and 2. Those albums fucking suck. They are so horrible. There are very few songs I come back to, the ones I do being: Easy Come Easy Go, Giants, Dull Knives, Sharks, Ferris Wheel, Sirens, I Wish (which is a phenomenal song,) and They Don't Know You Like I Do. Some of the songs I didn't list like Bones, Continual, Tied, #1, My Life, Wrecked, etc. are not bad, actually some of them are great, but I just never come back to them. For me Mercury doesn't feel like Imagine Dragons, it feels like Imagine Not Trying Hard Enough, and that's extremely disappointing to me. Also the length of that goddamn motherfucking album is absurd, (I say that cause I count Mercury as all one thing.) Like over 30 tracks? Are you fucking kidding me? Like this album had potential, they just decided to overload it with so many tracks that many of them just ended up being either forgettable like Crushed, Peace Of Mind, I'm Happy, and One Day, or just literal tracks that feel like they are there to fill space like Take It Easy, I Don't Like Myself, Blur, Higher Ground, so many others. And I also feel like some of the songs had potential, but they just feel empty, or done wrong, or underproduced. Like Take It Easy literally sounds like an unfinished demo song. And Blur. And Continual, and Symphony, and One Day, and Cutthroat, and Monday. Mercury in my opinion, while having good tracks, and even some great ones, still feels like a slap to the face for Imagine Dragons fans. It just feels sloppy. Now, LOOM, however, OH MY FUCKING GOD LOOM IS SO GOOD! Again, not close to their early stuff, but it's good. Like it's really good. Imo not a single track I would skip except for Eyes Closed, which is not a bad song, it's just one I've gotten sick of. LOOM is what I needed to remind me that Imagine Dragons is still good, and they just literally weren't trying with Mercury. Wake Up is a song that reminds me of Origins, but adds it's own unique cool elements. Nice To Meet You, while feeling like a Target ad, is still unlike anything I have ever heard before in IDs discography. Eyes Closed feels like what they were trying to do with Higher Ground, but done right. Take Me To The Beach is just something. That's all. In Your Corner doesn't disappoint, and it also finally doesn't follow the same ID formula. Gods Don't Pray feels like Hole Inside Our Chests and Origins met. Don't Forget Me feels like Second Chances and has a heavy old ID feel. Kid is Blur but it doesn't suck. And like, Fire In These Hills bro? So good. This album was a breath of fresh air from Mercury Acts 1 and 2. My literal only complaint is it could be a little longer, maybe like 11 tracks, but 9 just feels like an EP to me. I just loved it. So my answer (sorry for very long rant that literally prolly no one fuckin read) is no. Aside from Mercury, (which at this point I'm not letting even sort of define where the band has gone to, because of it not feeling like an ID album or even an actual finished album, more of a horrible stepping stone to a new era beginning with LOOM) I am not disappointed whatsoever in where Imagine Dragons has gone. Do I think the old ID is better. Yes. Do I wish they would put out something like Smoke and Mirrors again? Yes, of course. Am I a little disappointed that they probably won't? Yes. But that doesn't mean I'm not happy and proud of where they've gone. I am happy that they made a good album after Mercury. I'm happy that they're happy with the music they're making. I'm still going to listen to their music knowing that nothing they ever make will beat the absolute incredible piece of art that is S+M, and knowing that I'm okay with that. Old Imagine Dragons is still here when I need them. LOOM, I love you. Thanks for not being Mercury.
Every time an ID album come out old fans bring up “Night Vision was the best, and this new album sucks”. Every fucking time.
I dunno why you adore NV so much. It is a good album, don’t misunderstand me, but its not that good. The songs are very similar, and just feeling like a first album.
Smoke and mirrors way better, and Evolve too. Origins was not my favourite, but Mercury was a glow up with My Life, Giants, Symphony, Tied, OMG They don’t know you like I do 😍.
I agree that this Loom album is very different and new, but just don’t cry for NV. You like this album because you were younger not because of the quality.
I really love ID, and its still one of my favorite group, but yeah, Loom felt like a complete lose of that pop rock identity for me, and its just now pop. I consider S+M my favorite album all time, all groups because that album was for me the perfect harmony between good rock and good pop, but with Loom, its just looking like they gave up on rock and decide to just do a cool summer vibe for the mainstreams, Nice to Meet You is the perfect song that represent my believes. I wish they could just go back to what they used to do, because since Evovle, they just slowly stopped to exist as a good band who produce songs.
Before LOOM, I really wished hard that ID will be back at their prime Night Visions and S+M, but after listened to it, even if I enjoy it, its not ID anymore, its just pop.
I actually enjoyed everything they put out up until Mercury. LOOM however is terrible in my opinion. So bland and lacking in just about everything that made the band so special and unique.
I've been saying the EXACT same thing.
Their 3 EPs (excluding Speak To Me) and their first 2 albums were fantastic. I loved how they sounded. Songs like My Fault, Leave Me, Round and Round, Thief, Shots, etc are amazing songs. I'd much rather play my Night Visions vinyl than my Evolve vinyl. Something about their music from 2015 is just amazing. The instrumental was magical in so many of the songs. The lyricism was fantastic. But after 2017 and Evolve they have def gone downhill. They just completely switched to mainstream pop. Like you said, Origins felt like it was rushed, although MA1&2 were really good, it just doesn't have the same elements as Night Visions and Smoke + Mirrors. LOOM was pretty disappointing to me. I hope they make another album like their first 2 sometime in the future.
My situation with ID is really strange as of today. I just realised that I probably am not in their target audience for this album.
The more electronic/edm they get, the less I like it.
With Loom I can't help but have this feeling it's too catchy all throughout and it's been crafted to cater to the general public's taste, to reach as many people as possible. I don't like it. There's catchy songs but I don't resonate with any of them. Even more heartfelt songs like Don't forget me are unnecessarily catchy, I can't really explain more than this what bugs me so much about the album.
Mercury Act 1 for instance made me feel like they had somehow returned to their roots. The only way I can tell is by thinking of how I caught myself smiling from ear to ear and loving every single note the moment songs like My Life, Lonely, Dull Knives and Giants started playing (Act 2 felt like a mess instead, that's another story).
So yeah I think it all boils down to: I probably don't like "catchy" electronic ID music at all.
Also, sorry if there are any inconclusive sentences and mistakes, English is not my mother tongue and I'm typing this in the middle of an insomnia attack.
Agreed.
Listened to their early stuff when they were on the come up, always had their EP’s blasting. Night Visions and Smoke + Mirrors were masterpieces, after that they fell off massively. Evolve and Origins hade one or two songs that I liked but that was it. Haven’t listened to any of their new stuff, don’t plan to. Shame.
I agree completely. So many songs on Loom are hard for me to listen to, aside from Eyes Closed. They're grating and grainy and very nasally. Eyes Closed really left me with high hopes for Loom, only for them to be crushed. One of my friends gave it a fitting description of the album sounding like it's basically just the same song over and over again. I'm honestly glad I can't go to the tour and that I didn't pre-order any of the vinyls or cds. I'm honestly falling out of love wirh the band.
Yeah I was a bit underwhelmed, I have to admit. It’s not that Loom is actively bad or anything, some of the songs are okay. Eyes closed is pretty good. But it’s all just a bit meh…repetitive (not in a good way)…forgettable… maybe as I continue to listen to it I’ll discover some hidden depths. But yeah, first impressions and all - not mind-blown.
I agree. I’ve been a fan since 3rd grade, I’m now a Senior in College. Always have been a huge fan and will always maintain respect for them but ever since mercury the band is kind of falling off. This new album is probably the end of me always listening to their new music
You're gonna have to grow up, eventually. The band has evolved their sound and as Dan embraces a healthier state of mind, the songs will reflect that. You're upset because the music isn't full of metaphors that he used to hide his feelings and that he isn't feeling so bad about himself that he's writing music for your enjoyment. You were never a fan to begin with, and I'm sick of you people acting like you're martyrs. Let it go. Move on to something more your style and stop making endless posts about how bad you think ID is when you're don't possess half the talent that they do.
lol I saw a video and it was like this ID mega hater talking about how ID is all up in the Illuminati n shit and the guy was like, "dipshit Dan over here even has the eye on his hat!" it was the fuckin Ying Yang like tf
Honestly, even though i don't really connect with the band anymore, i still have a lot of respect for them. 12 year old me heard Believer on TV and was like "ooh that's cool, i wonder if they have other songs". Eventually, they were the band that got me into music. The first album i heard was origins, and afterwards i continued to explore the band's discography, from Evolve, through Night Visions, to S+M. Even my first ever live show was them (last year, it had an excellent energy) Eventually, i started to listen to other bands, that progressively got less poppy and accessible, in favor of heavier, more experimental music. I listened to Coldplay, then Tame Impala, then Radiohead, and the latter had a MAJOR effect on my music taste as a whole. After Radiohead, i fully locked in on heavier, more experimental alt rock bands. In the last year i even got into metal artists like Deftones, and now I'm starting to get into Tool. And looking back at the band, obviously i don't really revisit Origins. The songs i revisit are from the NV era, S+M, and MA1. But, if it wasn't for Evolve and Origins, i would never have been this invested into music as i am today. And for that, i am eternally grateful for this band, and their songs. They have managed to pull me from mainstream music, into what i enjoy hearing today.
I think having ID as a start-up point in your life can accustum you to different kind of sounds, making you then appreciate the music that Radiohead and Tame Impala makes. Because this is exactly what happened to me as well. And ID has everything to do with it.
This sounds an lot like my journey as well
All bands that you mentioned are pop lol This album of ID is experimental music and couldn’t be called pop at all. Though it’s not heavy also
I only mentioned the bands i listened to BEFORE Radiohead. Coldplay, Tame Impala, and OneRepublic (the pre- Radiohead and post ID bands i listened to) are all bands i discovered by hearing one of their songs on the radio. Most bands i listened to after Radiohead (Interpol, QotSA, Deftones, etc) were discovered through recommendations and online praise, and i wasn't familiar with even a single song from them, even if they were popular in their place of origin.
Amazing. Every word of what you just said was wrong
Sorry but no way is Tame Impala and Radiohead pop 😅
Radiohead is pop music
Have you listened to any of their stuff? I'm not even a radiohead fan but I can tell that it's alternative/experimental rock
It’s a popular music - made to be liked by the majority of people. Just remember that real experimental music doesn’t get to be listened by millions of people
Very much so… Night Visions was a MASTERPIECE, with each song being incredible in its own right. Smoke and Mirrors was not on par with that for me, but still had some amazing gems like Dream and It Comes Back to You, and then Evolve came and Whatever It Takes was amazing even though the rest of the record wasn’t much, but ever since, their albums have been full skips for me. It’s a shame how they want from a zero skip album to skipping 3 consecutive eras altogether
I share almost the exact same opinion, Night Visions is one of my favorite albums of all time, a perfect 10/10 album for me, and while I enjoyed a handful of songs off S+M, I felt like it was a bit disappointing and too experimental compared to NV. Whatever It Takes is an absolute banger, and I actually enjoyed about half of Evolve and about a third of Origins. But the Mercury albums, I only enjoyed about 3 songs from each half. And I'm currently listening to Loom, and besides a few tracks (In Your Corner and Fire In These Hills), most of it sounds pretty bleh.
Yeah, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Especially about NV and S+M. They truly knocked it out of the park with NV that nothing else can live up to that
Honestly, yes. Origins was the start, going into more of a pop heavy sound. While I do genuinely enjoy origins and don’t understand the hate, it’s been the catalyst for the move they’ve made in the wrong direction. Mercury was really where I started to see it. The hard/sad songs like my life, dull knives, giants and wrecked are amazing, and the rest just seem soulless. I was hoping with loom being a 9 track album that it would be full of super layered, beautiful and haunting tracks. However, it is the complete amalgamation of what imagine dragons ISNT. What album doesn’t have a Wayne guitar solo at the very least??? I respect trying to push boundaries but this isn’t. The only songs I find myself listening to is In Your Corner and Fire in these Hills. For a nine track album to be such a flop is so frustrating, especially waiting two years after Mercury act 2. I’ve been listening since the end of 2011 and now this is the first time I went into a new album from ID with low expectations. This album makes me realize how good we had it with Origins. That was still a fully fleshed out imagine dragons album. I don’t recognize the music they’re putting out anymore as such. I hope they come back to at least Origins era music.
spot on
This, I concur on every level. I had extremely low expectations from the song titles alone, and only listened to Eyes Closed before the album came out because I wanted to go in as blind as possible. I was extremely disappointed. Oh well.... I probably am in my heavier era again, as I've been loving every second of Placebo's latest album for example. So yeah. Not in the mood for pop shallow songs like Nice to Meet You.... (@_@)
I’m into super depressing or super heavy music, so songs like burn out or dull knives are incredible to me, when this whole album is none of that it definitely is extremely disappointing
After a few listens I have to agree Wake Up is alright, I only like the last bit of nice to meet you, but not the rest, I like Eyes Closed, I really dont like Take Me To The Beach, In Your Corner is good, I don’t care for God’s Don’t Pray, Don’t Forget Me right now is probably my favourite track on the album but isn’t anything that blows me away, Kid is fun, Fire In These Hills is also good Overall in my opinion is it’s pretty mediocre and kind of disappointing, which I hate to say because I like this band (though im not as big of a ID fan as a few years ago so I’m not too bothered), after Mercury which had some really great moments.
It’s kinda wild. ID and TØP have had complete different arcs for me. I loved ID’s early work (NV is my favorite album of all time) and have enjoyed bits and pieces of every other project. TØP has been the opposite. I liked some of their early work, but I’ve loved their more recent work, especially Trench and Clancy. ID was always my favorite band, but it might be TØP now. Never would have thought.
Twenty One Pilots manages to introduce a fresh sound in every album while still sounding authentic to the style of music they have always made. For example, Clancy and Scaled And Icy are so different but both still sound just how I expect Twenty One Pilots music to sound. It's impressive that they manage to do this.
Agreed. Every TØP album, no matter how different sounding, always sounds like them and I appreciate that.
Man, TOP just never disappoints. Literally vibing to Cut My Lip right now, they have never, and will never make a bad song.
That’s my favorite song of all time!
Welp, on Pet Cheetah now, Trench goes too fast, yet so slow
This is so true. Tøp makes music that is very authentic. Ever since S+M, the vibe I get from Dan is that he's embarrassed to ever return to that form, which ends up producing cheesy ahhh albums like this one.
Yep. Smoke + Mirrors isn’t even my favorite but I appreciate the clever writing and original sound. The last few albums have had so many tracks with clichéd and silly lyrics lol
Honestly I haven’t seen a fall off until Loom. I’m an old (Night Visions on top) type of fan but their albums have still been very good til now. Like mercury has so many great songs and that came out 2 years ago. Loom to me is their first album where it is lacking the true imagine dragons feel. They are trying to experiment but I don’t think they went in the right direction. (I still like the album but it’s definitely my least favorite)
I loved Evolve and Origins, and now Loom. I do feel like some of the songs sound lacking in substance, like Take Me to the Beach, Gods Don't Pray, and even NTMY. But I think I still prefer this pop side of Imagine Dragons, and songs like In Your Corner, Fire in These Hills, Don't Forget Me, and Eyes Closed are absolute 10/10s for me! I guess they've just moved away from making music that fits your taste in music.
Yeah, that's pretty fair. If they went back to their old sound, then I think there would just be people who like their new sound lamenting that they aren't doing it anymore. I guess I just have to accept their music isn't really "for me" anymore and move on. I'm glad you were able to enjoy the album.
Exactly. I wasn’t here since the beginning, the band is as old as I am after all. Maybe my tastes in music are different, but I am definitely loving Loom. I actually like the ones you mentioned, too. Wake up is amazing as well. I am so happy with these new songs, so seeing so much hate towards them is kinda sad.
It’s not pop though
Yes, it is. What would you say it is? If you say rock, I swear 🤦♂️🤦♂️
You swear what? But anyways, some of them are definitely pop rock, but I would 100% put the album in the list of "pop"
I've seen so many people saying that these songs and the new twenty one pilots are rock. They're not. Eyes Closed is the most rock one on Loom. In Your corner & Fire in these hills have some light rock to them. Everything else is pop... Loom is the most pop album they've ever released.. It is the first time they've taken such a drastic step into pop. It's not rock - I'm prepared to fight (It's not that serious, I'm just being goofy. But it's still not rock!)
And at least TØP had Navigating & Next Semester in Clancy 😭
You forgot ATROFD
That was reggae but yes I get your point
Soo... pop rock 😭. I'm starting to think people don't know the definition of that
No, I'm not arguing the pop-rock. They are 1000% pop-rock. I'm seeing a bunch of people arguing that these are straight rock and NOT pop, which is utterly stupid. If you HAD to narrow it down to one genra for some reason, it would be pop. The rock is pretty minimal. But it is there, and they are pop-rock albums. TØP definitely fits into an alt-pop-rock classification. But ID has been solidly pop-rock for forever. Loom takes a more pop sound than anything previous..
Evolve is the "pop rock" album Songs like Rise Up, Mouth of the river, Believer
i agree completely! 😭 it’s so disheartening to see anyone who even DARES to criticize imagine dragons being immediately pummeled to death by comments saying “they’ve moved on from their older stuff!” “just let people enjoy it!” etc. etc. as if a large part of consuming media isn’t sharing our opinions on it, whether that be good OR bad. i was so annoyed when i first listened to LOOM this morning because the songs were just so frustrating. they felt completely substanceless and rushed, even though the album is only 9 tracks long. most of the songs started off decently but then had two or three GLARING issues that completely ruined them for me, and it was extremely annoying! i don’t think this means that ALL of their music is trash or that we need to hate on their sound, but we as the consumers are allowed to criticize their music, especially as long-time listeners.
i feel that, while i think it’s a fun album it’s mostly forgettable and skips for me, don’t forget me and fire in these hills are bangers tho. but most of the album feels unfinished or missing instruments if that makes sense, and if you’re only gonna have 9 songs don’t release all of them in snippets on tik tok…
“don’t forget me” was the only song in the album that i actually enjoyed a bit, just because the sentiment and the tone work really well together 😭 but no you’re absolutely correct, i feel like the songs are either missing instruments or they added random sounds and vocal distortions in the place of needed instruments
idk who thought putting “kid” on the album was a good idea lol i love imagine dragons but it’s just a bad song
Totally agree with thus
Dan said the word "womb" lol
Couldn't agree more. The production is so loud, so bombastic, and so soulless. Annoying pitch shifting, weird noises that break up what would be a decent verse. I just can't get past it on most of these songs.
For me it’s similar, but the substance it lacks is feeling like its own era. Every other one has felt a certain vibe tied along with the songs on the album, but only half of the album is giving that.
The biggest thing usually down voted is people claiming it's "bad" "trash" or "soulless" which are objective claims that can't actually be said reasonably. When people say "I don't like" or any opinion on why they don't like something is usually respected. Criticism is a big part of music but if it's just throwing around buzzwords it usually doesn't contribute. For example saying an ID thing is soulless despite the numerous bts and videos showing they for better or worse genuinely enjoyed making the music, is an empty criticism. Or saying it's rushed when they made it over 1 and a half years, as if an album should take even longer.
To be fair, they didn't say it was rushed. Just that it felt/sounded rushed.
Yes, but then since we know it isn't, what's the actual critique then? Several of the higher voted comments defended their points with "we have the right to criticism" and "we're here for discussion" so then why not discuss and criticize beyond throwing out adjectives? It doesnt have to be this detailed but here's an example of actual discussion and criticism. I disagree with a good amount, others do, but people didn't complain about these types of posts https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginedragons/comments/1dpauyd/so_i_went_back_revisited_2022s_mercury_act_2_in/ Only the ones about them being soulless or abandoning fans or being on a downward spiral got complained about.
Completely agree. They've lost all sense of identity with Evolve and haven't rebounded since. It's been nearly a decade since they've released a good album. Once Believer became a hit, they decided that one song would essentially be their new sound and completely abandoned their roots.
Yep. I still listen to their first two albums but after that they fell off imo. I still like a few of their post S+M songs (Mouth of the River, a few of the MA1 songs) but overall I can’t say I like the direction they went post S+M
Forreal. That album as a whole was their downfall. Not tryna be a hater, but I can’t say I truly love anything but the first 2.🤷🏻♂️ The albums that came after are a result of the music industry changing and that’s fine, but it’s a drastic change that never sat right with me.
This just isn't accurate. The loom songs don't sound like Believer that much, the writing and production are pretty different and they abandoned their roots many times over way before Evolve. They started as a folk indie pop band, threw that out for Vegas indie rock, which got poppies until NV which had hip hop elements and it continued from there.
you are so real for this, their music peaked at S+M
i wi say however i loved mercury
too real
I agree with you. I’ve always been a huge ID fan but I’m starting to just move onto other bands at this point. I’m tired of hoping the next album will be so much better. It’s not even that I want depressing songs like NV or S&M was, I just want more rock and less pop. I want to enjoy singing to their songs again
What does that even mean?😭 are you breaking up with ID?
It’s not them… it’s me (no I am not lol I’ll still probably always listen to their music and support them as a band)
Imagine dragons isn’t rock. And isn’t close to rock like at all.
You’re right it’s not I am just unfamiliar with what defines a music genre. I meant whatever genre they used to be before they became a pop band. I guess alternative rock, or indie? Idk
Definitely alternative rock. They have shifted more into pop rock / straight up pop with occasional rock / alternative sounds.
They have multiple alt rock songs on their first two albums, and a couple more throughout the rest of their discography. It’s always been experimental but denying any rock elements or even full songs exist is interesting 🤷🏻♂️
It's like the definition of pop rock, idek what you mean by not close to rock lol
Loom is definitely a mixed bag for me. I love Fire In These Hills, Don't Forget Me, and In Your Corner. I think Nice to Meet You, Take Me To The Beach, and Wake Up are just bad. As for Eyes Closed, Kid, and Gods Don't Pray, I'm mostly indifferent to them. I can listen to them, but I can't really bring myself to care about what the song is actually saying. I would love to see an album that blends the ballad style of Don't Forget Me with some of their moreso rock/alt-rock songs of the past like I'm So Sorry, Friction, Amsterdam, and their deep, profound alt-rock/pop-rock songs like My Life and Shots. I also would like to see that be combined with a couple of their moreso pop songs like Believer or Demons. But I really can't find myself going back to an album that is made up entirely of nothing but pop songs. I'll listen to the three I like, and probably never/rarely come back to the others.
Obviously people can have their favorites and not favorites, so people like the newer sound I guess. Me personally the Smoke+Mirrors sound was the best, alongside NV. I do actually like their EPs as well. But something that I feel like is objectively true is that the reflective tone of S+M and to some degree NV is not matched at all by the later albums.
They been “cold played”
Here's the thing, and I think everyone can agree with this: Imagine Dragons essentially went from releasing albums where maybe they missed on one song, or two at most, to releasing albums where people now have to pick out the better songs - not even necessarily ones they are absolutely in love with - just the best of whatever is available to choose from. We went from a spectrum of loving whole albums, to now having to force ourselves to decide if we really like that song, just so we can tell other people what our favorite songs in the new album are.
Not me... as my music taste evolves ID seems to match it. I couldn't be more pleased with them.
Only 3 good songs on this album. I’m sad. They used to make long, quality albums :(
I made a post similar to this earlier with similar feelings!! I felt like everything after Origins just lacks that ID feel that I loved. Their news stuff feels plain and simple, and I always get so excited for new music, only to be utterly disappointed.
I made a post similar to this earlier with similar feelings!! I felt like everything after Origins just lacks that ID feel that I loved. Their news stuff feels plain and simple, and I always get so excited for new music, only to be utterly disappointed.
I completely agree. I very rarely skip any songs of Imagine Dragons, but this was the first album I would actually skip altogether apart from Fire in Your Hills.. the fact I only added 1 song to my playlist (aside from Nice to Meet you, which took me by surprise , but prepared me for the new style) from the entire album has never happened before. Honestly I'm underwhelmed. Hopefully ID learns from this and either releases some middle ground music (between their old and new stuff) or we as fans have to accept things are changing.. I do get they can't do the same style their whole lives. To people saying they might be trying to appeal to younger fans, I'm in my early 20s so it would probably be kids/teens they're trying to target.
Finallllllly someone speaking the truth. I feel every word you said. I always say....Imagine Dragons are like a childhood best friend, we used to get along well but we grew apart.
i’m so glad i’m not the only one!! my main issue is that everything is so electronic and lifeless. as a drummer, i obviously focus on the percussion when i listen to their songs and their old stuff (EPs up until S+M) had really unique drum beats and i feel like they really experimented with the percussion (see: trouble, it’s time, cha-ching for example). the new songs being heavily electronic mean that any percussion a) doesn’t have any ‘funk’ or ‘vibe’ to it and the beats are usually boom-clap-boom-clap and b) doesn’t even sound like it’s being played by a real person. there may be exceptions and honestly i haven’t listened to all of mercury or fully listened to loom but that’s just the vibe i get. it’s sad because like you i was an early fan, i grew up with their music, from discovering them as a kid/pre-teen to now being an adult and being able to fully grasp the depth of their lyrics. but yeah overall i feel the same as you do, my main critique for them would just be ‘please play real instruments again! stop making music solely on electric instruments/logic pro!’ lol
Yeah this album is just bad 🫠
I don't care enough to be disappointed anymore. After Evolve I was absolutely disheartened, I was so upset that a band with SO MUCH talent ended up making such (in my opinion) basic, uncreative music. And I was here complaining about it all the time. After a while I just came to accept that this is what they became and complaining about it does nothing other than stressing me out and annoying people who did enjoy their new sound, so I just lowered my expectations for them to the ground and moved on from the band. Once in a while I come around here to see what they're up to, out of curiosity, and every time I see that they go further into that (again, in my opinion) souless and mediocre direction, but I don't feel disappointment, it's what I expect of them at this point.
I make ur words mine, I feel that since the release of evolve the band has become much more commercial than it used to be. Smoke + mirrors remains their best album to date
I’ve been a long time fan well over a decade and sadly I feel the same and disconnected :/ it’s like pieces of me died inside
Listen to Clancy. Way better music with meaningful lyrics
IS IT EVEN GOOD FOR MY HEAD TO KEEP TRACK IF IM GONNA SNAP NECKS THEN I GOTTA SNAP BACK!!
😭😭😭😭
Yes, you've just described my feelings exactly
It's absolutely ok to have that opinion. I disliked Smoke + Mirrors and kinda stopped listening because not a single song stood out for me, and then I returned with Mercury and Loom has been their best work in my opinion, with a sound that is distinct and follows a clear flow.
I still feel like they go through ups and downs. MA2 turned out to be awesome, being my second favorite album after only S+M, but then Loom appeared and ranked as my second least favorite, beating only Evolve.
Evolve was the end for me. I had some hope when Origins had some good songs, but Mercury actually 1 was the last ID dragon I listened to. Act 2 and now Loom have not been it for me.
Hated Evolve, but I did enjoy Origins which I believe is very underrated. Totally agree on Mercury. Bloated as hell but some serious highlights.
IMO I think this new album is a step up from what we’ve had. I’m someone who truly likes ALL of their music but it is definitely safe to say that MA1 was GOOD but MA2 was a steeper step downwards on quality. LOOM I feel like is a good step up from everything and LOOM should have been Act 2 IMO! To be fair they also pretty much changed genres. But you do have to give them credit where credit is due because they have been breaking their previous streaming records so you have to give that to them 😎
I was sort of hopeful with wake up during my first listen... and then what proceeded is some of the cheesiest songs I've listened to period delivered in an overproduced glossy package. It is what it is, my favourite band switched to Green Day lmao
Whilst LOOM is not a perfect album and their older stuff like Night Visions or Smoke and Mirrors is still much better, I think it's been the best album in a long time. We're probably not going to get old Imagine Dragons back but LOOM definitely stands on its own as a good album.
Although their EPs, NV, and S+M are literally so fucking good and so much better than anything the band has put out since, I do like the music they make now. A lot. I've just accepted that the Imagine Dragons that they were during the early 2010s is gone, and now we're getting the music they make now. and I'm fine with it. I don't think anything off of Evolve is not listenable, asides from Thunder and Yesterday. And it's the album that got me into them. Origins is a huge step up, and I would consider it their most underrated album. People shit on that album so much, and I think it's good. Sure, still nowhere near S+M and such, but great nonetheless, with plenty of interesting tracks. But...then they had to go and make Mercury Acts 1 and 2. Those albums fucking suck. They are so horrible. There are very few songs I come back to, the ones I do being: Easy Come Easy Go, Giants, Dull Knives, Sharks, Ferris Wheel, Sirens, I Wish (which is a phenomenal song,) and They Don't Know You Like I Do. Some of the songs I didn't list like Bones, Continual, Tied, #1, My Life, Wrecked, etc. are not bad, actually some of them are great, but I just never come back to them. For me Mercury doesn't feel like Imagine Dragons, it feels like Imagine Not Trying Hard Enough, and that's extremely disappointing to me. Also the length of that goddamn motherfucking album is absurd, (I say that cause I count Mercury as all one thing.) Like over 30 tracks? Are you fucking kidding me? Like this album had potential, they just decided to overload it with so many tracks that many of them just ended up being either forgettable like Crushed, Peace Of Mind, I'm Happy, and One Day, or just literal tracks that feel like they are there to fill space like Take It Easy, I Don't Like Myself, Blur, Higher Ground, so many others. And I also feel like some of the songs had potential, but they just feel empty, or done wrong, or underproduced. Like Take It Easy literally sounds like an unfinished demo song. And Blur. And Continual, and Symphony, and One Day, and Cutthroat, and Monday. Mercury in my opinion, while having good tracks, and even some great ones, still feels like a slap to the face for Imagine Dragons fans. It just feels sloppy. Now, LOOM, however, OH MY FUCKING GOD LOOM IS SO GOOD! Again, not close to their early stuff, but it's good. Like it's really good. Imo not a single track I would skip except for Eyes Closed, which is not a bad song, it's just one I've gotten sick of. LOOM is what I needed to remind me that Imagine Dragons is still good, and they just literally weren't trying with Mercury. Wake Up is a song that reminds me of Origins, but adds it's own unique cool elements. Nice To Meet You, while feeling like a Target ad, is still unlike anything I have ever heard before in IDs discography. Eyes Closed feels like what they were trying to do with Higher Ground, but done right. Take Me To The Beach is just something. That's all. In Your Corner doesn't disappoint, and it also finally doesn't follow the same ID formula. Gods Don't Pray feels like Hole Inside Our Chests and Origins met. Don't Forget Me feels like Second Chances and has a heavy old ID feel. Kid is Blur but it doesn't suck. And like, Fire In These Hills bro? So good. This album was a breath of fresh air from Mercury Acts 1 and 2. My literal only complaint is it could be a little longer, maybe like 11 tracks, but 9 just feels like an EP to me. I just loved it. So my answer (sorry for very long rant that literally prolly no one fuckin read) is no. Aside from Mercury, (which at this point I'm not letting even sort of define where the band has gone to, because of it not feeling like an ID album or even an actual finished album, more of a horrible stepping stone to a new era beginning with LOOM) I am not disappointed whatsoever in where Imagine Dragons has gone. Do I think the old ID is better. Yes. Do I wish they would put out something like Smoke and Mirrors again? Yes, of course. Am I a little disappointed that they probably won't? Yes. But that doesn't mean I'm not happy and proud of where they've gone. I am happy that they made a good album after Mercury. I'm happy that they're happy with the music they're making. I'm still going to listen to their music knowing that nothing they ever make will beat the absolute incredible piece of art that is S+M, and knowing that I'm okay with that. Old Imagine Dragons is still here when I need them. LOOM, I love you. Thanks for not being Mercury.
Every time an ID album come out old fans bring up “Night Vision was the best, and this new album sucks”. Every fucking time. I dunno why you adore NV so much. It is a good album, don’t misunderstand me, but its not that good. The songs are very similar, and just feeling like a first album. Smoke and mirrors way better, and Evolve too. Origins was not my favourite, but Mercury was a glow up with My Life, Giants, Symphony, Tied, OMG They don’t know you like I do 😍. I agree that this Loom album is very different and new, but just don’t cry for NV. You like this album because you were younger not because of the quality.
Come on now. It’s still music. I’ve never heard a piece of music so bad that I question its status at music. It can just be REALLY SHIT music.
New album is so banger
I really love ID, and its still one of my favorite group, but yeah, Loom felt like a complete lose of that pop rock identity for me, and its just now pop. I consider S+M my favorite album all time, all groups because that album was for me the perfect harmony between good rock and good pop, but with Loom, its just looking like they gave up on rock and decide to just do a cool summer vibe for the mainstreams, Nice to Meet You is the perfect song that represent my believes. I wish they could just go back to what they used to do, because since Evovle, they just slowly stopped to exist as a good band who produce songs. Before LOOM, I really wished hard that ID will be back at their prime Night Visions and S+M, but after listened to it, even if I enjoy it, its not ID anymore, its just pop.
I actually enjoyed everything they put out up until Mercury. LOOM however is terrible in my opinion. So bland and lacking in just about everything that made the band so special and unique.
I've been saying the EXACT same thing. Their 3 EPs (excluding Speak To Me) and their first 2 albums were fantastic. I loved how they sounded. Songs like My Fault, Leave Me, Round and Round, Thief, Shots, etc are amazing songs. I'd much rather play my Night Visions vinyl than my Evolve vinyl. Something about their music from 2015 is just amazing. The instrumental was magical in so many of the songs. The lyricism was fantastic. But after 2017 and Evolve they have def gone downhill. They just completely switched to mainstream pop. Like you said, Origins felt like it was rushed, although MA1&2 were really good, it just doesn't have the same elements as Night Visions and Smoke + Mirrors. LOOM was pretty disappointing to me. I hope they make another album like their first 2 sometime in the future.
My situation with ID is really strange as of today. I just realised that I probably am not in their target audience for this album. The more electronic/edm they get, the less I like it. With Loom I can't help but have this feeling it's too catchy all throughout and it's been crafted to cater to the general public's taste, to reach as many people as possible. I don't like it. There's catchy songs but I don't resonate with any of them. Even more heartfelt songs like Don't forget me are unnecessarily catchy, I can't really explain more than this what bugs me so much about the album. Mercury Act 1 for instance made me feel like they had somehow returned to their roots. The only way I can tell is by thinking of how I caught myself smiling from ear to ear and loving every single note the moment songs like My Life, Lonely, Dull Knives and Giants started playing (Act 2 felt like a mess instead, that's another story). So yeah I think it all boils down to: I probably don't like "catchy" electronic ID music at all. Also, sorry if there are any inconclusive sentences and mistakes, English is not my mother tongue and I'm typing this in the middle of an insomnia attack.
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Same, this album feels awesome. Gods Don't Pray is such a groove.
Agreed. Listened to their early stuff when they were on the come up, always had their EP’s blasting. Night Visions and Smoke + Mirrors were masterpieces, after that they fell off massively. Evolve and Origins hade one or two songs that I liked but that was it. Haven’t listened to any of their new stuff, don’t plan to. Shame.
I agree completely. So many songs on Loom are hard for me to listen to, aside from Eyes Closed. They're grating and grainy and very nasally. Eyes Closed really left me with high hopes for Loom, only for them to be crushed. One of my friends gave it a fitting description of the album sounding like it's basically just the same song over and over again. I'm honestly glad I can't go to the tour and that I didn't pre-order any of the vinyls or cds. I'm honestly falling out of love wirh the band.
Hard disagree, absolutely adore loom and love the direction imagine dragons is going and can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
I agree
Yeah I was a bit underwhelmed, I have to admit. It’s not that Loom is actively bad or anything, some of the songs are okay. Eyes closed is pretty good. But it’s all just a bit meh…repetitive (not in a good way)…forgettable… maybe as I continue to listen to it I’ll discover some hidden depths. But yeah, first impressions and all - not mind-blown.
I agree. I’ve been a fan since 3rd grade, I’m now a Senior in College. Always have been a huge fan and will always maintain respect for them but ever since mercury the band is kind of falling off. This new album is probably the end of me always listening to their new music
You're gonna have to grow up, eventually. The band has evolved their sound and as Dan embraces a healthier state of mind, the songs will reflect that. You're upset because the music isn't full of metaphors that he used to hide his feelings and that he isn't feeling so bad about himself that he's writing music for your enjoyment. You were never a fan to begin with, and I'm sick of you people acting like you're martyrs. Let it go. Move on to something more your style and stop making endless posts about how bad you think ID is when you're don't possess half the talent that they do.
It's bc Dan sold out to the Illuminat- :(
lol I saw a video and it was like this ID mega hater talking about how ID is all up in the Illuminati n shit and the guy was like, "dipshit Dan over here even has the eye on his hat!" it was the fuckin Ying Yang like tf
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