You'd think we'd get more minimalist production for a song that seems to be about thinking about less. Although I did enjoy the production, I think that getting to hear the progression of all the instrumental tied together by that same guitar riff was an interesting choice.
Lyrically, there wasn't really anything horrible or great-- girl left guy, he's sad and doesn't want to think about it. Although the lyrics and the tone the singer takes seem to imply he's thinking about it all the time and this song is like a weak reassurance to his friends that he's totally not thinking about her. Losses points because he's trying too hard to sound like Adam Levine.
Not awful, kinda bland though, in my opinion. If I heard this on the radio I probably wouldn't change the station.
Dear Science TV on the Radio is best TV on the Radio.
@Imaginary 7/10 Very solid composition-- singer knows what he's there to do, band goes wild, I can dig it. I especially enjoyed the near seamless blending of the more indie vocal styling with the harsher rock of the rest of the band-- it almost became like this ethereal but hard chant. Pretty neato.
It's basically like a musical summation of Sons of Anarchy.
@Altered Tundra 5.5/10 I really like the progression from soft, almost spaghetti westernesque melodies into harsher and harsher rock, and what feels to be some metal inspired fusion of alt. rock, but it kind of stagnates about halfway in for me. I also wasn't terribly fond of what the singer was doing with his voice or the kind of cliche'd story being told within the lyrics-- but still at the end of it all I'd deff say for me I liked it more than average.