{"id":7687,"date":"2014-11-24T17:09:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T17:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2015-02-16T17:12:55","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:12:55","slug":"album-one-direction-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/music\/album-one-direction-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Album: One Direction &#8211; Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/ArticleSharedImage-27710.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7688\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/ArticleSharedImage-27710.jpg\" alt=\"ArticleSharedImage-27710\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/ArticleSharedImage-27710.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/ArticleSharedImage-27710-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/ArticleSharedImage-27710-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/quench\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/ArticleSharedImage-27710-700x700.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite their meteoric rise to fame and global success, <i>Four<\/i> does nothing to cement One Direction&#8217;s status as the most successful boy band since The Beatles. The aptly-titled fourth album from the band boasts a more sophisticated 70s pop-rock sound with Fleetwood Mac-esque guitar riffs and layered choruses reminiscent of Eagles&#8217; <i>Hotel California<\/i>. On paper, this sounds like a step in the right direction (pun intended) for a maturing gaggle of floppy-haired, tattooed, painfully attractive young men, but in reality, it highlights how One Direction are awkwardly outgrowing their fan base of 13 year old girls.<\/p>\n<p>The promising subtlety of new tracks like \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffFireproof&#8217; and \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffFool&#8217;s Gold&#8217; are muffled by the expectedly shouty chorus of \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffGirl Almighty&#8217; and \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffNo Control<i>&#8216;, <\/i>which only serves to make the more refined material sound like filler. In fact, the only track on the album that manages to nail the classic One Direction sing-along crowd pleaser formula, whilst still pursuing a rougher sound, is the first single \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffSteal My Girl&#8217;<i>. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Another hint that the band are ready to move on with their music is that Louis, Niall, Harry, Zayn and Liam have been co-writing many of the songs on this album. Harry is credited on \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffStockholm Syndrome&#8217; and Liam and Louis co-wrote \u00d4\u00c7\u00ffFireproof&#8217;. At a guess, this seems to indicate that they are no longer willing to be a micro-managed group of X Factor clones. 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