Sam's Top 20 of 2016: #6

6.Brave the Spirit-Lucy

I remember writing in my first KC Showcase about this band and their EP The Beautiful Fight which is a bit strange to look back because I remember kind of liking the second half more than the first when I first covered it but after seeing these guy's preform these tracks a few times since then I kind of flipped what tracks I can honestly say are my favorites from it and looking at the songs they've made and seeing them play them in a live environment I have to say that hands down this is the best thing this band has probably done as of now.

Lucy sounds like you're going down the California coast line with some super dreamy guitar work, the flock of seagulls sound at the beginning, and the general aesthetic it presents in it's lyrics and delivery have a song that feels very bright and summery and gives the listener this feeling of simultaneously floating on air and wanting to just jump around and play some fucking air guitar. 

It's admittedly not the most complicated piece of work but it's something that when you see them play it live you realize something just clicks about this song because from all the times I've seen them play no matter what they have presented or any technical difficulties that may plague their set at any given moment for some reason every single time just stands out and no matter what the situation is they seem to always just give 110% of all their efforts and it shows because they nail it EVERY SINGLE FUCKING TIME.

For real these guys are like a hurricane of energy just erupting all over the place and this song just seems to cut through any technical difficulties that happen just fucking vanish and you're left with something that's special and maybe it's the fact that their lead singer Austyn Ryan dedicates it to his sister every performance because it's her favorite song but you can tell just listening to it and seeing them play it that you're in for something special every time because this song is something REALLY special it's hard to quite put your finger on just what it is but it's undeniably high level of quality is something that will hit you at some point and it's at that point that you then realize that this band is worth giving a damn about.