Maroon 5 Flac Update Their Sound

Set aside, too, the album cover, where the group who now number seven are all decked out with Snapchat filters, a gambit that suggests the group is a bit too sensitive about their veteran status.

Taken on its own musical terms, Red Pill Blues is a sleek, assured affair, one that sustains a seductive neon-streaked mood from beginning to end.

Maroon 5 Flac Update Their Sound

Embracing their essential identity as a blue-eyed soul band, Maroon 5 update their sound through a bevy of producers, spearheaded by executive producer J Kash.

Unlike its 2014 predecessor V, a generally fine album undercut by a slight brittleness in the Max Martin production and a desperation highlighted by the vulgarity of added single This Summer, Red Pill Blues glides easily so easily that the extent of its EDM-inspired digital collage production isnt immediately apparent.

One of the reasons the modern sheen doesnt blind is that every track pushes the groove front and center, but behind the rhythm there are strong song foundations.

As such, Red Pill Blues doesnt play like a collective rhythmic and melodic hook in search of an ear: each cut unfolds with its own internal logic, with the different textures playing nicely off each other.

Everything comes to a head on Closure, an extended 11-minute smooth-funk jam that throws all the albums strict structure out the window.

Its presence not only draws attention to how Maroon 5 can vamp, it also highlights the discipline behind the rest of Red Pill Blues.

The group was formed in 1994 as Karas Flowers while its members were still in high school and originally consisted of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmichael (guitar, backing vocals) Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Ryan Dusick (drums).

Karas Flowers signed to Reprise Records and released an album, The Fourth World, in 1997.

After a tepid response to the album, the band parted ways with the record label and the members attended college.

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