Reviews / Album

It’s in the dying moments that Anna revives, with the avant-garde Marquee’s shift to just Fray and bending strings.

Despite all efforts to enjoy Urban Heat Island, there really is nothing to enjoy here.

The lyrics are simplistic and at times, a little repetitive, yet they avoid crossing the perilous line from catchy to mundane.

If you stepped into an exotic hotel elevator that worked like the wardrobe to Narnia and took you on a ride up through the wilderness to a treetop paradise, Dusk To Dawn would probably be playing inside.

Though there’s still plenty of Wentz’s neat, sassy little phrasings in the lyrics, this album is a long way from the band’s teenage emo beginnings.

Overall, it’s another well-crafted item from a brand of quality.

Nightswim feels like a dance pop record from a session vocalist trying to make it on her own rather than a breakthrough release from a prodigious talent.

Fast-paced, aggressive and melodic, an impressive return for the band.

A band resting on their laurels, and losing a lot of the passion of earlier work in the process.

An emotional mixture of differing pop rock sounds.