and Shane McAnally - create a rich, agreeable pop foundation that stretches out to include piano (Horan’s main songwriting tool on this go-around), horns and strings, without losing its center.Īnd Horan sounds comfortable in the center - he deploys charm as always and knows his way around an oversized chorus, but the lyrical details ring truer compared to his previous work, and the vocal takes contain an ease that better draws in the listener. Longtime 1D studio whizzes John Ryan and Julian Bunetta - alongside star songwriters like Amy Allen, Tobias Jesso Jr. After 2017 debut Flicker kick-started his solo artistry with some surefire radio hits (“This Town,” “Slow Hands”) and 2020’s Heartbreak Weather featured a handful of sonic chances (“Nice To Meet Ya,” “Put a Little Love on Me”), The Show, Horan’s best album to date, tells us what type of long-term career he wants to fashion by splitting the difference and achieving consistency.Īt 10 songs and 30 minutes, The Show is briskly paced yet emotionally resonant: songs about love and devotion arrive at their main points without frills, and the musical highs never last too long to wear out their welcome. Three quarters of a decade removed from the last One Direction album and three albums into a subsequent solo career, Niall Horan has, at long last, settled into himself.
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