The biggest cliché in pop journalism is of course that a certain artist or band 'cannot be categorized'. At Twenty One Pilots, however, you can hardly escape this platitude. The music of the duo from Columbus, Ohio has already been described (much) more as alternative hip hop, pop rock, emo rap, electronic rock and just alternative rock. And according to Trench - a concept album about a walled city
… called Dema - they all more or less cut wood. Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun themselves attribute it to the fact that both are unskilled musicians. Be that as it may, they manage to conjure an astonishingly original sound from their instruments, which in turn repels, inspires, bores, captivates, but always intrigues. When Joseph raps, he reminds a bit of . But the songs in which he sings modestly make the most impression, such as the drawn-out Bandito. With their fifth album, the Pilots step into the hole that was created after the suicide of frontman . (RME)more
