On Sept. 17, 2013, The band Grouplove released to iTunes their new album called “Spreading Rumors”. This album is the indie rock band’s second complete album released. The band’s first EP was released in 2011 and then the album “Never Trust a Happy Song” soon followed.
Band members include Hannah Hooper, Christian Zucconi, Sean Gadd, Andrew Wessen and Ryan Rabin. The band was formed in 2009 when members Hooper and Zucconi met at an art school in Crete, Greece and then decided to bring their music back to their home in New York.
Grouplove is a band that will not disappoint in making people consistently happy. This idea is evident in the albums they produce.
The first album, “Never Trust a Happy Song,” was a wonderful introduction to the indie rock world. Their new album provides a new and deeper feel to the sound. While their first album has been compared to Modest Mouse and Young the Giant. Their new album gave them more a unique sound of their own and did an excellent job on venturing from the past album and providing listeners with a new soft, upbeat sound. The songs, varied in style, work together but don’t sound the same. An album that can have deep tracks with meaningful lyrics, and then can include a song about beans on a pizza is just a well balanced piece of art.
This album includes 16 tracks of wonderfully creative song titles and splendid album art. The album art is the first thing listeners are going to see and having a cool looking guy with the name of the album incorporated into his beard is a decent way to go.
“Spreading Rumors” will not disappoint in giving listeners an assortment of different sounds. Tracks vary from piano introductions, to tropical-indie, to disco-oldies accomplish an exciting, full sound. The tracks to take a listen to are “I’m With You,” “Borderline and Aliens,” “Schoolboy,” “Ways to Go,” “Shark Attack” and all of the bonus tracks. These tracks give the audience an example of how different the tracks are from each other and how wonderful they are incorporated. This album is absolutely worth the full purchase.
