On the other end of the spectrum lie tracks like “I’ll Make It Up to You” and “Whatever It Takes,” which refer to a failing relationship and the pressure of success, respectively. Take “Yesterday” for example: this track is a joyous shedding of broken skin that treats one’s resuscitation from the doldrums as a literal dance-the heavy-handed beat follows a ¾ time signature used almost exclusively in waltzes. The new album wrangles with darker themes than its forerunners, understandably, but it also balances the heavy ideas with lighter ones. Out of this dark time in Reynold’s life sprung “EVOLVE”, his post-bellum creative solution and the band’s symbol of reinvention. For Dan Reynolds, quiet time meant recuperating, writing music, and fighting an uphill battle against depression.
Since February of 2015, when “EVOLVE”’s predecessor “Smoke and Mirrors” was released, the band has spent half their time touring, and the other half resuming quiet(ish) lives in their home base state of Nevada. Left to right: Wayne Sermon, Daniel Platzman, Dan Reynolds, and Ben McKee.
The members of Imagine Dragons are tired of the way that things have been, ooh ooh.
“First things first/I’ma say all the words inside my head,” sings Dan Reynolds, the front-man of alternative rock band Imagine Dragons, on their single “Believer.” The single was the first to be released out of the 11 tracks on their latest album, “EVOLVE.” The song’s first verse goes on to color the rest of the album: it speaks of an airing of grievances, then a change of pace.
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