![]() Two years later, his LP Stories is another genre-busting affair that fits in better with mainstream radio than it does the club, but everything iffy about True has been perfected here, as the producer revisits the song-oriented album and lets the outside genres freely come and go. In 2011, he broke through with "Levels," a bleepy and bright bit of EDM that could have been his signature hit, but then his 2013 album, True, was a country-pop and folk-inspired affair that thrilled his fans with its inventiveness, but left others as cold as a meandering Mumford & Sons remix effort. And in that context, they’re a TRUE breath of fresh air.Swedish DJ Avicii is a strange case. ![]() These are songs for dancing, for dropping into a DJ’s playlist. It’s funny to say this but TRUE plays almost like an album of awesome remixes, except that these dozen songs are all originals.Įach track can easily be released as a single due to the solid, traditional song structure and catchy hooks.ĮDM doesn’t always lend itself to full albums that make you sit down and listen to intently all the way through. When Avicii’s soaring synth leads take over, we’re launched headlong into ecstatic tuneful electro house. ![]() Now generally, one would think acoustic guitars and folky vocals would not make an EDM hit, but by around 1.5 minutes into Wake Me Up you are left in utter surprise.Īs Avicii builds these tracks around more traditional song structures from a myriad of genres, the album delivers so many surprising moments.īy surprise we mean Hey Brother continues the Mumford & Sons meets EDM sound Lay Me Down uses disco as its groundwork Shame On Me brings to mind classic swing and Addicted to You resembles Adele. Upon starting the first full-length album TRUE from Swedish DJ Avicii (Tim Bergling), you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled on a Mumford & Sons record. ![]()
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