Despite this apparent mismatch between the lyrics and overall sound, it’s definitely one of Habits’s catchier songs. Habits reaches its lowest point with “Your Surrender,” which lacks both sonically and in meaning. I’ve always thought it was an underappreciated Neon Trees song. “Our War” begins with a spoken intro, which connects the song back to the theme of youth first introduced with the opening track. Neon Trees missed the mark with Habits because while they’ve thoroughly conquered the more generic pop-rock sound, they didn’t make me feel — not with their words nor with their instruments.
