From the “official visualization,” whatever the hell that means…
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Iain Mew: A bountiful concoction of handclaps, ‘oooh oooh ooohs” into the dark and well-chosen vocal filters. If the song underneath doesn’t offer much, it could be much worse.
[6]
Ramzi Awn: Built like a whiskey dream and high like a chorus of banshees, bars would do well to take stock of “Out of My League” with their PBRs. The chorus is tough to argue with and the blast of guitars — muted, pared-down and jangly enough — is a surefire rush.
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Anthony Easton: Most of these points go for the ooh-oo-oos, but a couple are for the whoo-woo-woos.
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Alfred Soto: The arena-ready chorus signals their intentions: 1981-era Hall & Oates performed by the Killers, with all the echo that cash-poor record labels can buy. I don’t think it’s gonna work, boys.
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Brad Shoup: Fitz and the Tantrums, as we all know, sound like Hall & Oates produced by Danger Mouse: careless bouncy pop with vocals processed into oblivion, lumbering on giant telegraphed chord changes.
[3]
Patrick St. Michel: So this is basically a less clever version of The Drums, right?
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Crystal Leww: Fitz’s voice being fed through the static in the verses is a fun effect that matches up nicely with the repeated lyric “more than just a dream”. However, there’s an awful lot of instruments in this song. That’s fine if it’s done right, but this feels a little bit crowded instead of floating like I imagine a song about an unattainable girl is supposed to feel like.
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Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy: Cuteness can drag too, guys.
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