Overstatement is still this bandРІР‚в„ўs very reason for being, though, so for most of Mercury they fire their emotions out of a T-shirt cannon. When he sings, РІР‚СљWe were there for the ups and downs/And there for the constant rounds of chemo,РІР‚Сњ itРІР‚в„ўs touching in its plainspokenness. Here his clumsy lyricism, usually a liability, becomes an asset. In rare moments, ReynoldsРІР‚в„ў Rubin-mandated vulnerability works to his favor, especially on album highlight РІР‚СљWrecked,РІР‚Сњ which he wrote about losing his sister-in-law to cancer. RubinРІР‚в„ўs presence softens Imagine DragonsРІР‚в„ў sound in places, and after so many albums that played like the THX sound effect drawn out for an excruciating 50 minutes, thatРІР‚в„ўs a welcome change of pace. On their fifth album, Mercury РІР‚вЂњ Act 1, Reynolds works to change that, teaming with rockРІР‚в„ўs patron saint of prestige, Rick Rubin, for a humanizing makeover, complete with the requisite songs about suffering and mortality that Rubin demands from all of his charges. With no central personality for fans to feel truly vested in, the band can seem as anonymous as the black-shirted techies that strike the Wynn Encore Theater each night. But monetizing music isnРІР‚в„ўt the same as making people care about it. That embrace of brute-force spectacle has made Imagine Dragons one of modern rockРІР‚в„ўs few true blockbuster attractions, one of the most streamed bands of the Spotify era. If youРІР‚в„ўd never seen a picture of frontman Dan Reynolds before-and, despite this bandРІР‚в„ўs monumental success, a lot of people havenРІР‚в„ўt-you might guess he looks like Criss Angel. Packed with all the pyrotechnics and budget-busting pageantry of the Strip, each of the bandРІР‚в„ўs albums has played like an imagined Cirque Du Soleil production, as if they were designed not for stereos but for stages. There have been other rock bands from Las Vegas, but none have embodied the cityРІР‚в„ўs essence like Imagine Dragons.

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