The Chainsmokers’ fourth album, So Far So Good, is their first with no features, which might seem like a cheap ploy for authenticity. The guest-heavy hits from Memories were as much triumphs of A&R as anything else, so what better way to prove that you’re a real band than to ditch your famous friends and do it yourself? (Well, not entirely: Akon, T-Pain, and Chris Martin are credited songwriters.) Yet So Far So Good is their first album that seems to stand outside of the zeitgeist. Though they’ve chalked the album’s content up to post-tour burnout and depression, they haven’t yoked it to any prevailing trend in confessional pop music but have instead chosen to burrow deeper into their own sound. It’s as if they’ve isolated the essential elements of the Chainsmokers style and cut out everything else. The result is easily their most enjoyable front-to-back listen.
1 | Riptide |
2 | High |
3 | Ipad |
4 | Maradona |
5 | Solo Mission |
6 | Something Different |
7 | I Love You |
8 | If Your Serious |
9 | Channel 1 |
10 | Testing |
11 | In Too Deep |
12 | I Hope You Change Your Mind |
13 | Cyanide |