Picture Show
| Neon Trees
Picture Show
Picture Show is the second studio album by American rock band Neon Trees. The lead single, "Everybody Talks", was released on December 20, 2011, and the album was released on April 17, 2012. The music video for "Everybody Talks" was released on March 8, 2012. -Wikipedia
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Billboard
Fans of this Utah synth-rock outfit's ultra-catchy 2010 hit "Animal" will find much to appreciate about Neon Trees' sophomore album, "Picture Show," which leads with a half-dozen hook bombs right in a row, including the insistent "Everybody Talks" and the crisply propulsive "Teenage Sounds."
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Rolling Stone
On their second LP, they still favor mannered Anglophile synth pop that has somehow retained its “alternative” branding three decades after the Eighties . . . The album gets artier as it progresses: Four of its last five tracks exceed five minutes. Neon Trees clearly hope there’s life beyond bubblegum.
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Alternative Addiction
The sophomore release from Neon Trees has them doing what they do best, but evolving to do new things. Basically it’s what everybody sets out to do with their sophomore album; evolve but not so much that you alienate the people that became fans with the last album. Neon Trees still sounds like they did on their last album but they’ve also expanded some things to make their music ore identifiable and unique to them.
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Alternative Press
Nearly every track boasts a radio-ready chorus, and every detail’s been perfected with a fine-toothed comb. Ultimately, the album’s main fault is its resolute consistency, namely the fact that things basically run on one speed, and it gets repetitive quickly. But Picture Show is polished, preened and produced within an inch of its life, the one exception being “Teenage Sounds,” the most aggressive and, as a result, passionate number.
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Pop'stache
Picture Show as a whole is confusing because when the music gets good and fun to hear, the words lack substance and deeper meaning beneath superficial motives. It works vice versa, too, where words are wise and fulfilling, they aren’t accompanied by the finest beats and melodies. There is no great balance at any point along the compilation and it becomes increasingly disappointing as the listener travels further through the album.
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Blare Magazine
Picture Show, may be a step back into the era of disposable cameras but the rampant beating of pop sensibility that occurs for 45 minutes is sensually captivating. With each hook, the album becomes electric; “Moving In The Dark” sets the pace preaching a new wave feel, surrendering to the dance punk tear of “Teenage Sounds” and strutting into the summer radio jam “Everybody Talks”, that has vocalist Tyler Glenn being seductively confident (“Hey baby won’t you look my way, I can be your new addiction”).
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AllMusic
Picture Show proves that the band's flair for writing almost aggravatingly catchy songs is as strong as ever, particularly on the "Animal"-esque bounce of "Everybody Talks," the guitar-heavy version of the 2011 hit they had with Kaskade, "Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)," and the frothy album closer "I Am the DJ."
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Idobi
Overall, Picture Show is a mixed bag of several standout songs to transport you back a few decades and many tracks that fall into the “filler” category. The album doesn’t explore growing up in a new or profound manner, but for the most part it will evoke youthful feelings while remaining easy on the ears.
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Plucky's Second Thought
Their latest album, Picture Show, has quickly become my FAVORITE album. It has hits like “Everybody Talks” and “Lessons In Love.” However, my favorite song on the album is “Close To You.” The album debuted at number 77 in Canada and number 17 in the United States. The full album track list includes:
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MIMO
Picture Show, the follow-up effort by Utah-based Neon Trees after their debut album Habits put them on the map a couple of years ago, is a hook-filled, danceable record that will certainly continue the band’s momentum and add to their already growing fan base.
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El Estoque
“Picture Show” is not much of a creative departure — it expands on the distinctive identity that Neon Trees had established in their debut album, but doesn’t go in any drastically new directions. But why mess with a working formula? Fans of the vocal delivery and ‘80s vibe in “Animal” will relish the latest album
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RUKUS Magazine
Not sure whether the “picture show” running in your head while listening to Neon Trees’ Picture Show will feature Polaroids of the happiest moments of your youth dancing to cassette tapes in your parents’ basement or just jpegs of pretentious hipsters sipping PBR’s while slightly bopping their heads to the beats, but either way, this second album is valiant follow-up to Habits and definitely worth a listen.
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For Your Entertainment
Picture Show not only reflects the increasing divide between pop and rock in the years since the '80s, it reveals that Neon Trees don't want to just bridge that gap -- they want to stand on either side of it, too. They stretch in several directions without being suicidally challenging, most successfully on "Teenage Sounds," where they downplay their new wave tendencies for some passably snarling and surly rock, and on "Mad Love," a twangy power-pop homage featuring a duet between Tyler Glenn and Elaine Bradley. Neon Trees usually stay on the right side of the fine line between catchy and annoying, and though they're better at breadth than at depth, they're good at what they do.
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RichardThinks.Org
“Picture Show” is a worthy sophomore follow-up and musical journey that should at least be undertaken once, for Neon Trees provide a unique left-field performance in “Picture Show“.
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