Birds of Tokyo: Soaring To The Top Charts

Sorry for not being around for a while. Finals are coming up and I also got a job so I've just been a little too busy to keep up with my research...but good news! Another new follower! And these guys are seriously great.

I love their sound. It's got this really hopeful quality to it. I've decided it sounds like the part of a soundtrack where the two single people who lost their love together both realize that they actually had something worth fighting for...(cue montage of the two people running towards each other dramatically and meeting in the middle).

Cheesy image but you get the point.

I really like the lead singers voice. I guess it's not really unique in the way you would categorize Adele's sultry voice or the lead singer of The 1975's thick Manchester accent, but I think it's a tone we haven't really heard in the lead singer of a bands voice for a bit. Recently, I feel like boy-band tenors are the craze, and while there is totally nothing wrong with that sound, it just gets a little overdone don't you think? Which is why I like this guy! His voice is a lot more mellow and pretty mid-range.

The whole band's sound owns the dramatic optimism that's great for driving, studying, hanging out with your friends, or doing anything else that could use a little drama. Not that your life needs anymore of it, but you understand what I mean. Sometimes, life could use a touch of theatrics, just something to remind us of our youth and the short amount of time we have to make it count. After all, no one ever smiles fondly about the nights where they got plenty of sleep in their room...alone. Everyone wants to remember the night that you shouted off the rooftops to the city below, or danced on the bar with your friends confidently without liquid courage to even blame it on, or boldly kissed a stranger and realized that that kiss was the best thing you've felt in a while.

Everyone wants a moment where they can (to quote Perks of Being A Wallflower) feel infinite.

I want a night like the scene where Charlie just reaches his head out of the truck a stretches his arms out wide with a grin like he's flying under the bridge.
To do on Bucket List: Perform Charlie's flight on a perfect night with perfect friends blaring perfect music.

My favorite song of their creation, along with a million (literally) others is "Lanterns". This song is the epitome of that hopeful tone that is synonymous with being young and wild and free. Honestly though, I haven't found a tune yet on their albums that I don't like.

I highly encourage you guys to check them out on Spotify or buy their stuff on iTunes. Listen to them on their YouTube channel: birdsoftokyo and follow follow follow follow them on Twitter cause that's what this blog is all about! @birdsoftokyo

Listen away my fellow music lovers!

Fourth & Coast-ing Into Your Heart

Back when I used to spend hours upon hours on Twitter, I was a groupie for Yellowcard and Imagine Dragons and followed their every tweet religiously, and tweeted at them constantly though they never tweeted back. However, because of my ever-present visibility on their pages, some small bands and beginning artists started following me like wildfire, and some of them are honestly very good.

One of those many bands is the one I’ll be showcasing today is Fourth & Coast. They’ve gotten more popular now than when I first found them, but nonetheless they’re still great so they deserve a little shine.

This is the kind of band that Hollister picks to blare while you're feeling your way through the darkness trying to find your size in their overly priced cotton t-shirts (I'm being hypocritical right now though cause I love me some Hollister). I would describe their sound as pop punk, so like, All Time Low-ish...but more like Hot Chelle Rae and Allstar Weekend. It’s the kind of music you would sashay around your room with hairbrush-microphone in hand and flinging your mane to a wild mess of tangles, shout singing lyrics a little off-key...or extremely off key.

What is doubly cool about this band (and I use doubly for a reason) is because they have two albums out now! So double the music, double the fun, right?

The earlier one is Heavy Hearts and surprise, surprise, has love-based tunes that someone would expect to be belted out by that sensitive guy who sits on the lawn outside and plays his guitar just for anyone listening because “he’s just chill like that, man.”

The latest EP is called Feels Like Summer. This is the stuff you blast on the way to the beach with the windows down doing that stupid dolphin thing you do with your hand when you stick it out the window that’s interestingly entertaining and doesn’t have an expiration date on what age is acceptable to do it. DOLPHIN HANDS 4 LYFE. 

Some tracks that I really like off the albums would be:

1.     “Feels Like Summer”, the album titled song that embodies the carefree summer jams you'd want to blare as soon as you’re finished with your final exams and finalizing your plans to increase your risk of skin caner and decrease your amount of stressful occupations.

2.     






 “Ain’t Got a Care in the World”. You know that song that makes you rock your head/body side to side in pure euphoric bliss in your car, unaware of all the other drivers that are staring at you half judgingly, half wishing that they were having as much fun as you were on their commute? This is that jam.

3.     “Heavy Hearts”. Another album titled song. I just really like this one because it’s soulful. The simple acoustic quality just gives it that sweetness that makes you wish you had someone to lay your head on their shoulder. It’s just that kind of sound.

So! Follow them on Twitter! @fourthandcoast 
They’re also on iTunes and Spotify and of course their Youtube channel: FourthandCoast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwMWQsQeTRgfrf3vEqoS8GA

OOH! And a new one that they just released!

Happy listening ya'll!

Savannah

I met these two guys that also lead worship in my church band--James and Warren Major. They're identical twins that are equally as talented in music as the other. They are so identical that in their band's music videos, Youtubers commented that they were amazed that one guy switched from piano to guitar in between camera shots. Some of the few ways I've learned to differentiate between the two is by the direction they part their hair and the style of hugs they give. Weird, I know, but it works.

By the way, I'm a worship leader at my church in Orlando, guys.

But anyway, the twins and their friends happen to have a band which also happens to be very good for which I happen to think you should give a listen to.

How I would categorize their sound, from a comparability standpoint and because they do a few covers of their songs, is that they sound kinda like one of my personal favorites, Augustana. Yeah, you all remember the song "Boston" that we all slaved over the piano for hours to try and play that tinkling melodic intro? I do, because I did. And I learned it by ear so it's probably not even right. No shame.

Anyways, their name is Savannah and they have one album out so far called Vessels but they are about to go back into the studio very soon to create another masterpiece which I'm sure will be just as great, if not better, than their first album.

I personally really enjoy the tracks "Violent Red" and "Nowhere To Run" but I think they're all good listening.

If you wanna give them a listen, they are on iTunes, Spotify, Youtube, and you can also follow their Facebook page. Not sure if they have a Twitter cause I haven't found it yet but I'll keep you posted if I do.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearesavannah

Youtube account: wearesavannah
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSiHskushkocD92VcXWQj7A

Violent Red: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHKdjnmiEKo&list=UUSiHskushkocD92VcXWQj7A 

Nowhere To Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJrInBcnS8

Happy listening!! :)

What This Blog Is All About

So recently I decided I really wanted to start blogging on something that interested me that I also thought would maybe help me in my future career path. And, back when I used to slave over my Twitter account for what seemed like 1/3 of my day everyday, I found a few bands that were trying to promote themselves that I found to be quite awesome (at least the ones that had an album I could look up).

Therefore, this blog will have me go back to my social media roots a little bit more than I am already (Obviously I still use Facebook/Instagram/Pinterest like my life depends on it) and try to promote some little bands and see if anything comes out of it. Who knows? Maybe I'll help a group that's trying to get a little advertisement a little higher in recognition to the pop culture via social media.

So, therefore, let's get started and happy listening! I promise these bands are worth an ear's moment.