release date: Nov. 4, 2022
format: digital (10 x File, FLAC)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,36]
producer: James Angus
label: Nettwerk - nationality: Australia
4th studio album by Australian indie pop quartet Last Dinosaurs following their so far best album Yumeno Garden (Oct. 2018).
The album showcases a bolder mainstream sound, somewhat in contrast to their recent turn to a more complex rock-sound but it's also a return to the soundscape of the debut, although, with the implication of more nuanced arrangements perhaps more suited for a radio-friendly target.
From Mexico with Love both contains uptempo beats, well-placed guitar-hooks and then some recycling with loans from previous songs, which doesn't establish the album as one of the band's more original ones. The song "CDMX" is the one stand-out single with a happy-go-lucky indie pop lightness and equal share of blue-eyed pop and enough Cardigans charm, which really proves the band's potential. The album as such is good, it's fine, but it's also a bit so-so, although, it's far from mediocre.
