Album Review: I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
The record could be compared to a fine wine; it gets better with age. At first listen, the tunes were all strong and made a nice set. But the lyrics and melodies never left, bringing me back for more.
Butch Walker as a producer, and Butch Walker as a singer can be two very different people. As a producer, he can easily take a song and turn it into a pop frenzy. As a singer/songwriter, he seems to pay more attention to the opposite side of him; not caring what other people think, but just writing for his own enjoyment.
In I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart, Walker shows a sense of completeness. Elements from his producing style filter in and mesh eloquently with his songwriting talents. The song, Pretty Melody seems to be the most popular off the release, and rightly so. The smooth, flowery riffs drift wonderfully under Walker’s witty lyrics.
As a whole, the album is nothing less compared to the band’s earlier work. It takes a few tries for it to hook, but once it does, it’s a tight hold.
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