Us and the night (2016)/ 3 Doors Down

"Despite its nocturnal title, "Us And The Night" is by many measures a brighter affair than its predecessor "Time Of My Life": the guitars are still cranked to the max and the rhythms would fill a stadium but the tenor is lighter, the band spending equal time on affirmations ("Everybody's got a right to change," they cry on "Believe It") and sly sleaze ("In The Dark" - 'She likes to do it in the dark' - is Nickelback by any other name). If 3 Doors Down favor wide strokes over specificity, that only underscores how they're attracted to the elements that drift along in the mainstream current, appropriating shopworn mass culture so they can spin it into something bigger, louder, and simpler. To their credit, these instincts sound better here than they have on the last couple records because they embrace their essence, how they want to be broader and burlier than the rest, how they want reflection to seem like celebration and parties to be a dark night of the soul." (S.T. Erlewine, Allmusic; 3 uit 5 sterren)

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