Nightmare of You, like most new bands these days take heavy influences from the 80’s. But instead of using synths like The Bravery or The Killers, Nightmare of You take their dark pop sound from the bands like The Smiths and The Cure and add in elements of modern Pop-Punk like Fall Out Boy and Panic! at the Disco. Chorus tinged guitars, the occasional keyboard line and mellower drums and bass make up the majority of Nightmare of You’s sound. NOY themselves have a great songwriting talent, which unfortunately only comes into play 4 or 5 times on the album. This leads me to the biggest problem with Nightmare’s debut. Nearly every song sounds the same, a few tunes break the mold but most are just the same thing, dark love songs, which makes for a dull 11 tracks.
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