Avicii - Stories

Avicii is a Swedish electronic musician, DJ, remixer and record producer. He released his debut album True around two years go and caused major success for the new artist with his songs playing over radios everywhere. That album has been followed with self-remixed productions since then and this year Avicii has released a new album, this time called Stories. In the last two years while working on the album, Avicii has been gaining popularity by playing worldwide with big names already in the industry. Now, he has this amazing album to share with the world. 

Stories is fourteen tracks long and shows his maturity by pushing further from typical "EDM" boundaries. Based on the title, the album has personal meaning by each track representing a different "story" which ultimately landed Avicii to where he is today. Starting off the album with the most successful single so far is a song called "Waiting for Love." When first listening to the song it was obvious it was going to be a hit, the beat makes you want to get up and dance, a typical Avicii hit. I definitely recommend checking out the video for this song, it will leave you with happy tears. "Broken Arrows" is similarly styled to an older song of Avivii's which is the popular hit "Wake Me Up." Zac Brown beautifully takes on the singing for this song which gives it a sort of country-influence dance beat. This album is full of surprises and with a Caribbean-themed song "Can't Catch Me" you can see the diversity of tunes this album has to offer. My favorite track on the album is "Trouble." While the song still has a subtle dance beat, there is an acoustic sound that breaks this track from the rest of the electronic sounding album. The songs starred below from the album are songs you should take a few minutes to listen to.

1) Waiting for Love*

2) Talk to Myself

3) Touch Me

4) Ten More Days

5) For a Better Day

6) Broken Arms*

7) True Believer

8) City Lights

9) Pure Grinding

10) Sunset Jesus

11) Can't Catch Me

12) Somewhere In Stockholm*

13) Trouble*

14) Gonna Love Ya

Stories is a really enjoyable album and the way Avicii plays with new sounds and sound engineering, it won't disappoint. Between the catchiness, approachable sound and fun, you'll be glad you gave it a chance.

Happy listening :)