4.4.13 - New Music - Maroon 5

Did anyone actually think that Maroon 5’s ‘Overexposed’ was done?

After the success of the first three singles (two number ones and a third top ten), the band has proven themselves more than capable of whipping together a string of pop hits, and their label is probably foaming at the mouth for more.

“Love Somebody” is a toned-down experience, but one that feels so right. While there are hardly any instruments present (perhaps hints of them, but Ryan Tedder decided to own this one), the band doesn’t delve too deep into the electronic pop game…at least not here. When the song picks up, I was at first afraid that this was going to be an EDM grab, but thankfully it isn’t.

Adam Levine and the boys (including Nathaniel Motte, otherwise known as one half of 3Oh!3) have written a temperate and yet still interesting and poppy single that might give the group a fourth top ten from one album.