Pentatonix's New Effort Nothing Short of Dreamy

Few things go so well with the adjective "breezy" quite like music from Pentatonix. The Arlington five part a-capella act returns to the scene with a new self-titled album and single. Said single is called "Can't Sleep Love". Whimsy thy name is Pentatonix. You know they're playing their camp role to the hilt, smilingly at that. Kirstin Maldonado presents the cuteness quotient in spades. The rest of the gang drops in amusing lyrical styling. I am taken aback with how they can keep an audience in the palm of its collective grasp. That mission is accomplished by remembering not to take what it does too seriously. Check out the expressions on the faces of the crew in the video. Street corner romances are made of nectar like this. Imagine if you can a lamppost dimly lit, one of the four fly boys crooning in a fashion that makes the ladies go pitty pat. "Can't Sleep Love" moves at a gait made for you to slink into it like a comfortable shawl or a beguiling robe. Lots of musing going on in the romance game. "Am I going crazy" gets adorably answered in the affirmative. "Am I afraid of loving" is also answered in the affirmative. You see. The very act of being capable of love gets called into question. The routine of seeing movies grows ever tedious. In my world that sort of night would brings tingles up and down my spine but then again I don't possess Pentatonix's sense of adventure. Setting fire to the soul looms large in the Pentatonix landscape. This outfit certainly would be the one to ignite that spark. On what I hope is an amusing side note if you haven't checked out Pentatonix singing about numbers 1 through 4 as part of a Sesame Street YouTube upload I recommend it very much. It makes for a fun addition to the overall archives. But back to the single at hand. It functions as a silly living room ditty swirling, pulsing, getting to the core of what vitality is all about. This chorus makes even the most stress-addled days somehow manageable. Hearing each component bounce off others naughtily delights this blogger's eardrum. What's not to appreciate. This song's enthusiasm level doesn't flag one iota. The altos and bass harmonies flow like energizing beads in a mighty river. Don't you love a track you can play almost anywhere. It works next to the pool. You could brighten the dinnertime prep with it. Surely it has the elan to brighten up one of those oil changes either at the shop or at home on a Sunday afternoon. There are plenty of possibilities. Think how much fun it would be to get a singing telegram from this band. What cheerfulness of the ear to ear variety. Kevin Olusola's bass tones stem from a genuine place at the bottom of his heart. Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, and Avi Kaplan let the whip smart attitudes fly. "Can't Sleep Love" might be used in service of a easy pre snooze lullaby. Any way you cut it "Can't Sleep Love" represents Pentatonix at its dreamiest.