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Happy Sunday, today I got some artists that I've discovered (new to me) and I feel like I just need to share them with the readers of this blog because I feel like they are ones to watch. Consider this my recommended music for February!
To start I'm going to tell you about one of my favorite finds this year so far. I didn't actually discover him on my own, my close friend Brittany told me about him. Brittany and I share similar music tastes and she was like "Stefanie! You NEED to listen to this guy he's amazing!" and I eventually did and I was blown away. The artist is James Bay. He is from England and I must say, he has one of my favorite male voices. If you know me, you know that Sam Smith is like my favorite voice...like I would marry his voice if I could, and James Bay is right up there with Sam for me.
His voice has that harsky, powerful, soulful sound to it and mix that with the singer/songwriter souly-folk music that he plays you got yourself an amazing talent! When I first listened to him his voice reminded me of a laid back Allen Stone (whom I also highly recommend you give a listen to) but with a more folk edge to him. Now, I know that it can be a bit overwhelming trying to get into a new artist. What do I listen to? How many songs should I listen to in order to give them a fair chance? My answer to that is to just listen to the song that pops up first in the search on YouTube. This is generally their most popular song and a great place to start. As far as how many songs you should listen to...as many as you need to form an opinion. I listened to one song by James Bay and I was hooked, other artists I had to listen to 5 or 10 in order to like them...and some I hated and eventually they grew on me.
For James Bay I would say that a great start would be his song 'Scars'. Its a beautifuly heartbreaking love song and its a great start to exploring his talents. My favorite song by him so far is 'Hold Back The River' its a great upbeat soulful song that gets you moving. I love those types of songs, but another great one by James would be 'Let It Go', I personally love this song and its probably my second favorite by him.
The next band that I discovered this year is The Dirty Nil. They are different. A flashback to late 90s, early 2000s punk is how I would describe this band. I heard their song 'Cinnamon' and there was something about them that brought me back to when I was first discovering rock and punk music. I like their vibe and I have a feeling that this band is going to be going places with that sound. I think we can expect to see more of them in the punk scene.
If you are into Indie bands then Night Riots is one band that you should look into. If you haven't already. Honestly, I don't know why I haven't listened to them before or even heard of them before now. They are a solid Indie Rock/Alternative band. Best I would describe their music would be Arctic Monkeys meets The 1975 but with a "pop" edge. But when I use the word "pop" I use it loosely...very loosely. Its not as raw as Arctic Monkeys but its also not as electronic as The 1975, its a nice mixture but with a pop edge. Its still very indie rock/alternative but their songs are extremely catchy. I would say that a good song to listen to would be 'Back To Your Love' I love the sound of this song (and band) and the music video is interesting as well. Another great song to listen to by Night Riots would be 'Contagious' its just a solid song and I've been listening to it in the car recently and its a great driving song.
Night Riots and The Dirty Nil are going to be playing the Vans Warped Tour this summer and I am definitely putting them on the list of bands to see live while I'm there.
And finally the last band that I just recently discovered, and feel stupid that I'm just finding out about them now, would be Scouting For Girls. Like this band has been around for a few years and I am just now hearing about them. It was one of those things where you just discover them and then BOOM you see their name everywhere. Today I was reading the 5 Seconds of Summer Autobiography and they mentioned writing with Scouting for Girls for this debut album. I was like WHOA I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE GUYS NOW. Sometimes I wanna say that I'm on top of new band discoveries but for the most part I'm not...oh well. But for real, these guys are a solid pop/punk/alternative band and I love their song (and music video) for 'Love How It Hurts' its a cute video as well as a cute and catchy song. A must listen!
Well that is all I got for this month. I highly recommend these artists and I stand by their music. If you are into soul, indie, folk, punk, alternative music these bands are right up your alley.
I have received a request to do a "band review" or a "first listen reaction" post. So if you have some bands that you think I've never heard of before and would like me to post about my thoughts on them then just leave a comment and I'll be doing that as soon as I get enough bands/artists!
Until next time my misfits,
Stefanie
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