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Aug 19, 2025Love Is Like is a return to the core soul and R&B influences that marked the band's early albums, a change that finds singer Adam Levine and bassist Sam Farrar largely taking the productions reins, along with contributions by JKash, Federico Vindver, Elof Loelv, Bobby Love, and Rio Root. The group also wrote a handful of the songs together for the first time in many album cycles. All of this lends the record a unified vibe.
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Aug 19, 2025There’s nothing inherently wrong with a Maroon 5 yacht-rock era, but the impulse toward immaculate control can make the songs feel as if the band has dropped anchor five feet from the dock.
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Aug 19, 2025Flimsy and unfulfilling, ‘Love Is Like’ stumbles to a halt with the crooning ‘My Love’ and insubstantial ‘California’.
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Aug 19, 2025It goes through your system like a juice cleanse—quick and optimized, but ultimately meant for the toilet.