#Red pill blues movie

Red Pill Blues has moments that recall other, superior pop music-including the group’s own 2002 debut, Songs About Jane-but it’s still a latter-day Maroon 5 album, which means it also has more than its share of bland, underachieving grist for suburban shopping centers and “rhythmic pop” radio. Maroon 5 sounds more like a proper band on these tracks than they have in at least a decade. Lead single “What Lovers Do,” featuring guest vocals by SZA, is catchier still, with Levine’s AutoTuned hook recalling a (much) whiter Roger Troutman. With its soft keyboards, clean muted guitar, and singer Adam Levine’s smooth falsetto, opening track “Best 4 You” is appealingly frothy blue-eyed soul, as warmly nostalgic as it is ultimately insubstantial. So it should come as no surprise that, in the grand tradition of Bruno Mars reinventing himself into a more tween-friendly Morris Day of the Time, Maroon 5 has, with Red Pill Blues, rebranded themselves as Daryl Hall and six John Oates-or at least a watered-down Chromeo.įortunately-and, again, like Mars-the retro sound suits them. Even the pop charts bear the unmistakable whiff of Aqua Net. The most buzzed-about television series is an amalgamation of the peak-era work of Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, and John Hughes.

#Red pill blues movie

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