The ongoing rants of one man out to introduce the world to the tunes that inhabit the space inside of that region known as his mind a collection of the songs that have shaped his day, his Song of the Day.
Holy shit this song is just pure
energetic awesomeness from one of the more surprising and awesomely
danceable shows I've been to this year and yet another solid cut from
a guy that's been really shaping himself up as a formitable musical
act over the past few years.
This song is just a very dance heavy
number that'll leave bodies moving and grooving in every good way you
could possibly want and one of those instantaneously great tunes that
I heard once and just couldn't forget.
So I was going through my local radio stations back
catalogue of songs played trying to find a pretty awesome song and I’m reminded
of the excess of newer music that’s come out that’s been pretty good and I
figure I may as well tell you guy’s about a few of these cuts since I don’t
often post much these days and they seem pretty worthwhile.
Ghost-Halsey
So I was reading a Buzzfeed article a while back that was
saying things that teens think are cool these days and amongst the many
disappointments of chokers and high wasted shorts one of the things mentioned
was this electro-pop artist Halsey who in all honesty upon giving a few of her
tunes a listen is kind of what would happen if Ellie Gouldine and Lorde did the
fusion dance and that is hella showcased in this very catchy but kind of, “Tennis
Court,” sounding number from her newest album.
This song is really solid and I do actually have some
enjoyment listening to it but I’m pretty sure that has to do with it’s fairly
rapid fire pace and short run time which doesn’t stretch on more the it needs
to also I noticed that it along with a few other songs that I’ve given a listen
seem to have some fairly lush and well mixed production that gives the songs a
very quality sound even if I’m kind of not to honestly impressed by her as a
whole but hey she’s the next big thing apparently and I can see her having a
good few years ahead of her.
So I’ll be the first to admit that Passion Pit is spotty at
best for me because while they’re responsible for some delightfully catchy
electro pop numbers the vocals can severely drag and only a couple of songs
really seemed to have managed to just kind of stick with me as something I can
still stand to listen to and this song and it’s oddly well represented year is
one of those tunes that for some reason or another is just to fucking good for
what it is.
So this in all honesty is the most synth poppy 80’s new wave
sounding track I’ve possibly heard from this band and in all honesty it kind of
makes me wonder why they just didn’t take to making pop records any sooner
because this songs sugary sweet beats along with a chorus that just demands
everyone jump along to just screams the best movie trailer, summertime radio
anthem, or hell just a great tune to play in between sets or at bars because
it’s just damn fun music in every way.
Although i have to ask in regards to the video who in the hell would ever mosh at a passion pit show?
You know I recall being really into Habits but never actually bothering to check out this chicks other material and last night as I was song hopping all over Spotify I managed to come across this tune and it's surprisingly poppy as fuck which took me back for just a second really because even though it's very much tailored for top 40 it's still a damn catchy tune really.
Lyrically it's about as subtle as Habits which is absolutely not at all and it's themes of seeing a very attractive individual that you kind of extra want to fornicate with are close to Habit's and even this card manages to have the uh-uh line along with a part near the end where the instruments drop and she does some weird semi-talking section.
Yeah this tunes catchy if not kind of nothing super spectacular but I have had it stuck in my head since last night so yeah...
I’m late to the party here because this songs a couple of
weeks old now and its’ recently been announced that these guy’s will be one of
the headlining acts of this year’s Buzz Beachball which is actually pretty fucking
cool but I’m not sure if I’ll be seeing them because I kind of don’t want to
spend the money and seem to have a tradition of going every other year but
that’s irrelevant.
Hollow Moon it’s the first single from their upcoming second
studio album a follow up to 2011’s Megalithic Symphony which happened to house
his surprising hit Sail and two of my best of 2012 cuts in, “Not Your Fault,”
and, “Kill Your Heros,” which where some very amusingly angry sounding numbers
that were very scream filled bits of angst.
Hollow Moon as a tune is actually kind of an interesting
tune because it’s seems to instead have a very danceable groove to it like it’s
more inclined to be taken as a dance track with some semi-rapped verses
sprinkled all throughout which kind of would make me weary if it weren’t for
the fact that it’s main chorus is pretty damn catchy and near the end of the
track there’s a small screaming section that feels like it’s there to remind
you that it’s AWOLNATION.
Overall I really do actually find myself enjoying this song
a lot and I think it’s a nice change of pace from the music beforehand because
it’s showing a good bit of versatility in style and that seems to really show
because it’s performing really solidly on the radio now as to whether or not it
becomes the next sail that I can’t say but what I can say is that it’s pretty
damn good and also the whole shooting the video on a camera on a dolly in one shot is pretty cool.
So 96.5 the Buzz’s yearly prom themed show is coming up and
this year’s headliner is Vance Joy and while that’s pretty damn sweet I had
this idea that I need to convince people to start pushing to have him perform
his cover of All my Life at this show because well…it’s fucking prom so to the
world hashtag the shit outta this video and get him to put it into his prom set
god damnit!
So before I get into anything I’d like to make note that my
Sam’s Song of the Day Facebook Page has just recently blown up thanks to some
help from a pretty cool dude that I met at that VD show and would like to take
30 seconds to point out to his page here on this blog as a sign of
appreciation…
Now all thanks aside it’s time for today’s selection which
is something that came to mind because this past weekend the much anticipated
50 Shades of Grey movie came out and while I express absolutely no interest in
ever seeing it, reading the books, or S&M it’s soundtracks pretty damn
baller and while I’ve already covered the Weekends smooth ass contribution I
also recently have been giving the Ellie Goulding contribution, “Love Me Like
You Do,” a pretty decent listen and I have to admit it’s a pretty solidly good
tune that’s grown on me more then I’d ever anticipate really.
It’s a very poppy synth heavy number with an infectiously
catchy chorus that kind of draws you close to some semi softly sang verses that
aren’t so explicitly dirty that the song doesn’t have appeal beyond the
audience it’s book intends on appealing to which is a really good quality.
