Xodiac’s previous few releases have been buoyant and brilliant, tackling at this time’s tendencies with an ease that made them polished however fairly generic. New title monitor Our Days harnesses this effervescent power and tethers it to a pumping pop rock anthem, taking its cues from widespread contemporaries like TWS.

It is a sound that significantly appeals to me and possibly at all times will. Our Days goes down straightforward, constructed upon a bounding instrumental with just a few structural swap ups right here and there. Its sentimental melodies are precisely what you’d count on — nice and optimistic and slavishly simple. For a tune like this to face out, it should discover some strategy to tether its open-hearted sentiment to the character and worldview of the artists performing it. That is the place Xodiac wrestle. They do a wonderful job with Our Days, however the monitor might have been delivered by every other group with out sounding markedly totally different.

Nonetheless, there’s a spot for generic, feel-good pop music. Our Days could not reinvent any wheels, nevertheless it’ll make a pleasant palette cleanser on any playlist. Its remaining thirty seconds trace at a extra anthemic ambition, supporting its gentle vocals with energy chords and evocative synths. Extra touches like this is able to have deepened the tune’s attraction, including weight to Our Days‘ feather-light allure.

Grade: B-