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Irish pop band The Script have just released their fifth album, “Freedom Child”. It’s a mixed bunch of genres as the band try out a new sound which takes them into unfamiliar sound territory.
“Freedom Child”
Having floated through the 2000s with relatively popular singles such as “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” and “Before the Worst”, Dublin pop-rockers The Script have released their new album entitled “Freedom Child”. The 14-track record is a slightly confusing combination of sounds with everything from the One Direction-esque vocals in “Eden” to attempted EDM sounds of opening track “No Man is an Island”.
“Freedom Child” sees the band abandon their usual smooth sing-a-long ballads for a more eccentric, adventurous sound that crosses genres. It’s also a more emotionally-charged work compared to their previous albums with messages about love, both self-love and wider-spreading love, threaded into the tracklist.
The album gets personal in some places (“Make Up”), and also crosses some dangerous territory in “Rock the World” which features a bridge that sounds curiously like a recreation of Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”. The same goes for the title “No Man is an Island” which is a well-known and loved lyric from The XX.
Overall, it seems as those The Script are testing new waters in exploring new sonic territory. As a whole, the group’s confident new sound, that strays away from the rock feel we’re used to, strikes listeners with positively and strength. It’s worth a listen.
