Put The World On Pause

Cuco “Best Disaster”

It’s amazing how shameless a lot of artists can be about directly emulating the fairly specific Tame Impala sound, but I never really mind because the songs are usually pretty good. Everything besides the chorus in Cuco’s “Best Disaster” sounds strikingly similar to Tame Impala, to the point I’m certain I would’ve been fooled if it had been presented to be as a new Tame tune. Those marks are nailed but it’s the deviation that makes this song work on Cuco’s terms. The song swings into ballad mode on the chorus and shifts focus to Cuco’s voice, which sounds love-dazed and extremely vulnerable, as though he’d be crushed if you told him “nah” after he sings “this could be your favorite song.” But he also sounds sweet enough that his subsequent invitation to “put the world on pause” and be “the best disaster” together is kinda convincing.

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