"Why?" is a question that often surfaces while listening to this sophomore album from New York three-piece Fun who've been making waves in the singles charts of late.
They've obviously got talent to burn, so why all the overwhelmingly dense and cluttered arrangements? Why all the vocal processing? Why the incessant use of cliched pop motifs?
Why do they sound like they want to be a hip-hop act sometimes and Queen on other occasions?
It doesn't start out too badly. Opener Some Nights Intro has a Broadway-ish Bohemian Rhapsody quality, and seems creative enough.
It leads into the title track which has a few things going for it if you're into Glee and multi-vocal harmonised sing-alongs.
