Imagine Dragons Sculpts a Beautifully Flowing Song Meant For Today's Romantics

Imagine Dragons has brought some neat ear pleasing brain carpeting thanks to "Not Today", an iridescent crowd pleaser lifted from the soundtrack to "Me Before You" which looks guaranteed to keep stock in Kleenex very valuable. Ben McKee uses this single as an opportunity to show that keyboards need not be glacial, impersonal instruments. A soft stroke or two can be coaxed out of them. Debonair Dan Reynolds invokes a jangle free capacity to his voice. Since the movie's prime focus happens to be on a once thriving quadriplegic Dan wisely guides the hands of the lead players rather than leave them a chance to dissolve for good. The fragile intimations shouldn't make you think sterile hospital table or anesthesia. Simply wise moves mood wise carried out one after the other. Daniel Wayne Sermon performs the magic trick of allowing his guitar to transform itself into images of gently flowing bath water from which restorative fire can rise from the lethargy. Your best bet is to appreciate "Not Today" as a stand alone work rather than as a debatable link in the ongoing chain of Imagine Dragons collective output. Dan already turns heads because his acoustic rhythm guitar knows how to hit the ladies in their vulnerable spots. Dan has surveyed the less than ideal coupling that circumstance has dissected, then slammed back together in perspective altering form. He's sure that today's memories can lessen the blows from tomorrow's obstacles. The pre-chorus was cued up to the loathsome sound of a heart breaking. You must be icy from head to foot if you don't shudder at the mention of "We finally fall apart and we break each other's hearts. If we wanna live young, love, we'd better start today. Then the main chorus drops in, not like a lead balloon but like the reaffirming bouquet of a pretty but fragile flower. There exists some will to carry on in "It's gotta get easier, oh easier somehow cause I'm falling, I'm falling. Oh easier and easier somehow. Oh I'm calling, I'm calling. And it isn't over unless it is over. I don't wanna wait for that. It's gotta get easier and easier somehow, but not today. Reflect for a second that the song's title doesn't show up until the tail end of the chorus rather than being plastered repeatedly over your senses until, in the worst case scenario, you cease to care for the wounded lovers involved. It's true the Imagine Dragons you're used to give off nuclear level steam when they blend their instruments. I bet you can locate a place in your heart's four chambers for this mature audiences platter. If nothing else you'll discover this Las Vegas band can in fact be accused of having a side film critics might claim to be overly saccharine and sentimental. I myself care not a whit for the rain they unload on this stately, composure dedicated parade. "Not Today" has earned respect for the many tomorrows to come.