Imagine dragons night visions album back cover

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Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. Historically, there's a progression that bands usually follow before their sound goes full-on arena rock. Things will start small and gritty, and then as the fame and crowds build, the sound changes to match the massiveness of the venues. I have every single EP, non-album tracks, demoes, instrumentals, lives I could get, and of course I was dying to get this 20-track edition of their debut full-length album. However, on their debut album, Imagine Dragons buck tradition and swing straight for the cheap seats, doing away with generations of sonic evolution in favor of the huge, arena-made sound of Night Visions. I was introduced to Imagine Dragons back in early 2012 with the Perks of Being a Wallflower and been a fan ever since. Dramatic and sweeping, the Las Vegas band works in the same vein as pop giants Coldplay, offering up track after track of hooky and emotional midtempo jams. While a move like this might seem overly ambitious for a freshman band, Imagine Dragons are able to pull the sound off, with songs like the already ubiquitous, seemingly soundtrack-ready 'It's Time' having no trouble worming their way into whatever part of the brain it is that likes to trap songs against listeners' will. The problem is, while the band's electronically reinforced sound is definitely big, it sometimes feels as though it lacks depth.

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