Radioactive (Night Visions, 2012)Īs well as being a fantastic song in its own right, Imagine Dragons’ breakthrough hit is a perfect primer for everything that has made them successful: the tension between rhythmic snap and distorted beats, the wordless chants that precede the simple-but-effective chorus, the self-empowering lyrical theme. “It’s where my demons hide.” Torment never sounded so sweet. The EP's second track, Demons builds from a gentle lilt into an exercise in large-scale catharsis: “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside,” warns Reynolds. Suddenly they sounded like genuine contenders. It was their debut major label release and marked the first time they’d worked with British producer Alex Da Kid. Imagine Dragon’s fourth EP, Continued Silence, was a tipping point. The lyrics might find Reynolds working through his own inadequacies, but musically this is utterly triumphant. 5 of the songs on the album became singles It’s Time, Radioactive, Hear Me (UK only), Demons and On Top of the World and they even got a Grammy award for their song Radioactive. The fuzzy synths of the verse suddenly give way to an explosion of gospel-inspired exhilaration that rushes by like a bursting dam. Last year during Grammy season, there was a rumor making the rounds that Kendrick Lamar, then and now the nation’s most promising young. New Imagine Dragons Album 2015 Even though Imagine Dragons has only put out one album, Night Visions, so far they are doing quite well for a fairly new rock group. Imagine Dragons don’t do small-scale, but Mouth Of The River is grandiose even by their standards.
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