Over the course of two opulent albums, Las Vegas quartet Imagine Dragons have delivered spine-tingling, arena-rock catharsis.
But for their third effort,Evolve, out June 23, the band is scaling things back.
In the past, all of our sonic textures have been almost a wall of noise and music.
It puts a lot more pressure on that one sound, he says.
If youre going to have just one sound, then it damn well better be perfect.
The sonic shift comes after a bad spell of depression for Reynolds.
Thats really not what it is.
Youre numb and you feel gray.
Describing the period as tough, he says it affected the whole band.
Were family at this point, he continues.
Evolves Believer is streaming above.
The new collection is currently availablefor pre-order.
