After the popular lead single of their album released almost a year ago, fans of the powerhouses Labrinth, Sia and Diplo have been waiting with bated breath for their collaborative album, “LSD,” for what feels like forever. With strong, powerful voices and lyrics together their musical masterpieces are changing mainstream pop with an odd but exciting mix of instrumental combinations and beats that work to make my ears happy.

My favorite song off the album is “Mountains” which was released as a single on Nov. 19 last year. With empowering lyrics like, “what we gotta lose…I move mountains,” and amazing backing beats, the song is motivational encouragement to do cheesy things like chase dreams and change the world.

“Audio” which was the second single to be released from the album on May 10 last year consists of synth pop beats that are popular in today’s music. From there, the entire album is a combination of different styles and compositions from Sia’s soaring voice on the groovy bass of “Thunderclouds,” to slow piano melodies and crooning on “It’s Time.” With a wide range of different tunes, “LSD” has something for the music-lover in everyone to satisfy all moods.  

The best song off the album is definitely “Genius,” which the group released as a lead single on May 3 of last year. It is no surprise that the pop hit immediately took over radio waves to become a summer anthem that everyone was bopping along to. On the album, there is a second version of the song where rapper Lil Wayne brings a fresh take to a well loved favorite. With clever lines like “my love is so ambidextrous,” the rap is filled with puns and witty wordplay that are a lot of fun to listen to and pick apart.

I also can not help but also adore the stark difference in Sia’s vocals in comparison to Diplo and Labrinth. It is not something that I would have thought would go together, but “No New Friends,” with its strong piano progressions to match its bouncy tune proves me totally wrong.

After releasing five singles of musical perfection from the album last year, I was kind of hoping “LSD” would have more than just ten fantastic tracks, but alas, all good things are gone too soon, and this album is no different. I will definitely be overplaying every song on this album for the highs and lows of my summer this year.