{"id":9618,"date":"2012-09-25T11:43:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T10:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-98520-280723.cloudwaysapps.com\/album-review-express-non-stop-by-alphabeat\/"},"modified":"2012-09-25T11:43:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T10:43:17","slug":"album-review-express-non-stop-by-alphabeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/album-review-express-non-stop-by-alphabeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review &#8211; &#8220;Express Non-Stop&#8221; by Alphabeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alphabeat-Express-Non-Stop-2012\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345206e269e2017ee3c361bd970d\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/zxl\/6a00d8345206e269e2017ee3c361bd970d-500wi.png\" title=\"Alphabeat-Express-Non-Stop-2012\" \/><\/a><br \/><em><strong>by Raj Rudolph<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>OK, OK, so for their last few single releases, I might have been taking the piss out the band for being so happy and perky and all that. But you know what, considering the <em>&#39;let&#39;s slash our wrists&#39;<\/em> pop world that we live in via <strong>Lana Del Rey<\/strong> and <strong>Frank Ocean<\/strong> of late, I&#39;ll happily take a few rays of sunshine via <strong>Alphabeat&#39;s &quot;Express Non-Stop&quot;<\/strong> any day over such melodramatic mood-killers.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>&quot;Express Non-Stop&quot;<\/strong>, <strong>Alphabeat<\/strong> goes full throttle on the confetti cannon on ten tracks that are full of happy synths, doo-wop grooves and the spirit of <strong>The Go Go&#39;s<\/strong> that will leave you dancing on the ceiling like <strong>Lionel Richie<\/strong> for days. Aside from stellar singles in way of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eqmusicblog.com\/2012\/04\/eqtv-watch-vacation-by-alphabeat.html\" target=\"_self\"><strong>&quot;Vacation&quot;<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eqmusicblog.com\/2012\/09\/eqtv-watch-love-sea-by-alphabeat.html\" target=\"_self\"><strong>&quot;Love Sea&quot;<\/strong> <\/a>we feel the same love and energy on the <strong>&quot;The Beat Don&#39;t Stop&quot;<\/strong>, <strong>&quot;Love On The Line&quot;<\/strong> and the sparkly title track that is an audio prescription for happy pills if I&#39;ve ever heard one. In fact, every track on this album is pretty darn good and if you&#39;re a fan of the first <strong>Alphabeat<\/strong> album, you&#39;ll be happy to know that they&#39;ve pretty much went back to their winning formula that made them famous in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>I love this album. I love <strong>Alphabeat<\/strong>. I love being happy. If you&#39;re tired of <strong>Alphabeat<\/strong>, well then you&#39;re tired of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&quot;Express Non-Stop&quot;<\/strong> by <strong>Alphabeat<\/strong> is out right now digitally on the band&#39;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/expressnonstop.alphabeat.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\">own store<\/a><\/strong>. It might be some time before it&#39;s on iTunes, so make sure you get your copy <a href=\"http:\/\/expressnonstop.alphabeat.dk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>right here, right now<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Raj Rudolph OK, OK, so for their last few single releases, I might have been taking the piss out the band for being so happy and perky and all that. 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