Everyone’s been excitingly awaiting in anticipation for Mayday Parade’s fourth studio album ‘Monsters In The Closet’ – don’t worry, it certainly isn’t a disappointment. These guys have smashed the high expectations and have produced a superb creative catchy pop-punk record.
The Florida quintet has stayed true to their sound, producing tracks starring their upbeat energetic rock style and featuring captivating sing-along lyrics. All the songs are still sexually charged and dramatic, with an extra ounce of maturity since their previous self-titled record ‘Mayday Parade’.
Fans will already know the released single ‘Ghost’ which is the terrific introductory track to the album, with a mysterious slow-paced start which smashes into the group’s usual upbeat pop-punk style with a heavy beat and electrifying riffs. The catchy lyrics “if there were monsters in the closet, well I don’t think I would be surprised, I hear them call out from my window, they try to trick me to come outside” will soon have you singing along.
This follows with the other released album single of ‘Girls’, an enthusiastic speedy-paced hit with cracking instrumentals and superb captivating vocals. The song is a bit cliché, but what boy-band hasn’t produced a love hit about a girl? It’s still proves to be a cracking hit.
The record still has the classic Mayday Parade charms, especially in ’12 Through 15’ with the gang vocals and typical backing “woahs”. The song proves to be a diverse delight, a slow-paced moving hit, with mesmerising angelic vocals and lyrics “you said the problems in your heart, but the problems who you are, so leave me alone now, I would rather be lonely when I scream and shout, and let it out.” A definite recommended listen; a real heart-wrenching track featuring a sweet beautiful melody.
The other top listens are ‘The Torment Of Existence Weighed Against The…’ for the thrilling instrumentals and the wicked heavily-featured exhilarating riffs. ‘Even Robots Need Blankets’ for the stunning piano featured alongside striking vocals; another emotionally touching melodic hit. The record closes with ‘Angels’, a beautiful acoustic melodic slow hit, featuring an exquisite violin, and more powerful heartbreaking lyrics; an example includes the following, “let’s toast to the lucky ones, to the girl that just broke my heart, I can’t breathe, after all that you told me, you took my heart and made me melt again”.
’Monsters In The Closet’ is a superb diverse pop-punk record, which makes a bold stamp that Mayday Parade are sticking to what they do best – straightforward catchy tracks with wicked hooks. The group have been expertly perfecting their style and sound for the past 7 years, and this album showcases it all. Every song is mesmerising, powerful, punchy, catchy, creative and has that rare “feel-good” factor. It just makes you want to sing your heart out and dance your tootsies. Don’t worry Mayday Parade you certainly won’t be making us feel miserable at best with these incredible hits.
5/5
‘Monsters In The Closet’ by Mayday Parade is released 7th October on Fearless Records.
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Words by Chantelle Kelly (@ChantelleKelly3)
