The Record Company - Play Loud

The Los Angeles trio was ready for a change when it came time to make their third album, and they got it: 'Play Loud' pushes the group into uncharted territory with a dozen new tracks that move beyond the sound of The Record Company's first two albums. As the title implies, 'Play Loud' is a bigger sounding album, with songs packed full of taut grooves and stick-in-your-head hooks. Lead single 'How High' pairs bristling guitar with a sleek bassline and distorted vocals, while 'Paradise' lays back in a deep pocket with a spare, locked-in rhythm from bass and drums, bright bursts of guitar and, on the chorus, swelling keyboards that give the song a sense of lift. There's dirty electric guitar and a '90s hip-hop influence on the pulsing track 'Gotta Be Movin'', and a punchy bassline, tight backing vocals and just the right amount of a pop sensibility on 'Never Leave You'.

1) Never Leave You ()
2) How High ()
3) Gotta Be Movin' ()
4) Live As One ()
5) Out of My Head ()
6) Forever ()
7) Get Up and Dance ()
8) Paradise ()
9) Awake ()
10) Lady Lila ()
11) Midnight Moon ()
12) Ain't Going Hom ()