{"id":60360,"date":"2018-05-24T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=60360"},"modified":"2018-05-24T22:07:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:07:16","slug":"review-columbus-a-hot-take-on-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-columbus-a-hot-take-on-heartbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Columbus – A Hot Take On Heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alex Moses didn’t mess around when he explained why Columbus<\/strong> had changed their style so dramatically for their second album: “We didn’t want to be a pop-punk band anymore,”<\/em> the singer and guitarist said.<\/p>\n

And on ‘A Hot Take On Heartbreak’<\/em>, the Australians exhibit not so much a change as a wholescale reinvention \u2014 the breakneck tempos and yelled vocals are gone, replaced by a much more reserved, straightforward pop-rock template that draws from new influences. Moses plainly says this was down to the changed listening habits of he and his bandmates, Ben Paynter and Daniel Seymour.<\/p>\n

While ‘A Hot Take On Heartbreak’<\/em> does sound throughout like the trio are having more fun than ever, it yields wildly mixed results. The Weezer-like chugging of ‘Don’t Know How To Act’<\/em> fails to ignite, but the simplicity and quiet-loud dynamic of ‘Worn Out This Week’<\/em> is irresistible and begging to be cranked up.<\/p>\n