The wait is finally over for American pop rock band Never Shout Never's third album entitled 'Time Travel' in which the band evolve into producing more space-y rave style songs with use of synth riffs and a mix of techno beats.
The album can be seen as an amazing achievement for the band after coming to terms with the disaster, that the band's hometown Joplin, Missouri was destroyed in May this year by a Tornado. Front man of the band, Christofer Drew immediately began a relief fund to raise money to aid his hometown. To raise awareness and get fans to support this cause the first self-titled track, 'Time Travel' being released with footage of the damage. The album was then released in September and is the first album recorded as a full band.
'Time Travel' is a great opening song with personal lyrics relating to Chris and can be seen as a second chapter from 'The Past' from the band's first album, 'What is Love?' as 'The Past' is about Chris leaving his home and 'Time Travel' is about coming home.
The album itself is a mix of Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed 'Dark Side of the Moon' and MGMT's 'Oracular Spectacular' from its use of melodic vocals provided by Christofer Drew and Caleb Denison's rhythmic drum beats most noticeable on the cheery tracks 'Awful' (in which ironically it is not) and 'Simplistic Trance-Like Getaway.'
The most interesting song on the album is 'Lost at Sea,' the final track as it is very different from the other tracks on the album almost sounding like Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' but still a very enjoyable song.
Overall, the album is a big step forward for the band which started out on the web, mainly because they are now recording as a full band and experimenting with new styles. However, many fans will miss the original ukulele songs that started out them out on to the road to success, but the band is far from becoming extinct.
7/10
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