The doo-wop sound of “Misbehavin'” is fun without feeling kitschy, and “Ref” has just the right amount of dubstep wubbing. “Rose Gold” is a sexy, soulful tune where the chorus of “We could be timeless/We could be classic/We could be stars/We could be rose gold” is sung with an appealingly sparse quality. There are a few moments of pop bliss peppered throughout the LP. The lyrics are often cheesy, like on the unforgivably cliche-laden “Sing” (“I don’t know what you’ve been told/But music make you lose control”), and musically, much of the album evokes Imagine Dragons-lite via tepid experimentations in EDM-ish pop-rock with a beatboxer instead of a laptop. Pentatonix is sweet, charming and filled with vocal talent, but it lacks any oomph to go with their well-honed chops. PTX’s fourth LP is their first to contain predominantly original material - a major turning point for any artist best known for covers, and especially so for one with a fervent fanbase already in place. Can Pentatonix keep a cappella alive? With Glee done and Pitch Perfect entering over-wrought franchise territory, it’s a slippery slope for the Sing-Off winners and viral sensations.
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