Finding It Hard to Smile by lovelytheband
Finding It Hard to Smile (stylized in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Lovelytheband, released on August 3, 2018. The album was announced on June 29, 2018, along with the release of the track "Alone Time". Prior to its release, the band had gained a reputation through their opening performances for several bands, including Awolnation and 5 Seconds of Summer. After said tours, they ventured on a festival tour throughout the summer of 2018. The album was promoted with two singles: "Broken" and "These Are My Friends", as well as two promotional singles: "Alone Time" and "Pity Party". The tracklist includes the songs released on the band's debut EP, Everything I Could Never Say..., excluding "Strangers" and "Don't Worry, You Will".
“Broken”, the lead single from lovelytheband’s debut album, opens in a “Brooklyn loft,” but make no mistake: This is Los Angeles music. Frontman Mitchy Collins, formerly of Brooklyn’s Oh Honey, relocated to LA and met the other members of his new band on a drunken night in West Hollywood, and that spirit of laidback West Coast partying permeates their debut album. “In your head it’s Coachella every weekend,” goes one representative chorus. But as with their home city, all the sunshine hides something a bit darker beneath the surface. Over the bright, tropical vibes of “Alone Time”, Collins sums up the mindset of many Southern California transplants: “I don't have to feel good/I just want to feel better.”
