Of The Bands I've Seen So Far . . .

I have that problem that you get when you like so many bands that you can't possibly remember them all, and this is bad enough with the big popular bands that I like - the amount of times I've forgotten to mention Fall Out Boy on lists of my favourite bands, and they're like in the top five (My Chemical Romance, Pierce The Veil, Fall Out Boy, Of Mice & Men, The Blackout).

But since I've started this blog, I've found a whole load of other, small bands that are just as awesome, and I really should listen to a lot more. Finding time is the problem. So here, I'm making time. I am in no way finished with looking at new bands (probably never will be), but of the bands I've seen so far, here is a list of my favourite song from each one - let this serve as a reminder for any of the rest of you who liked them but forgot to carry on listening as well . . . (coherency may vary as I've been living off a 95% chocolate diet for the past 48 hours)

Aspirations - Remember When
To be fair, there's not many songs to choose from for these guys at the moment, but this would probably still be my favourite song by them anyway. I like the screaming, it sounds like a mad person talking to themselves. I also thought that the line "no more hardship" was "no more horseshit".

Bring Home Ohio - The Way It Goes
Because of the awesome guitar at the start, obviously.

Cobalt And The Hired Guns -You Left Your Sweater
It's so happy and clappy, and heartwarming montage-y. It's so lovely, and let us hope it never gets ruined by being used in an iPod advert.

Liar Liar - High'N'Low
I really can't decide properly, because I am all over all of the songs on their He Said, She Said EP, but I'm picking this one because awesomeness and sing-a-long-ability.

Messenger Down - Die Sehnsucht
I don't know what my favourite MD song was before, but I love this one. It's all lonely and really shows off the singing.

Silver Story - My Empire
It's so quiet and chilled at the beginning, and then kicks in and it's all wow. I think I remember the last time I wrote about this one, and I said it sounds like the kind of song you'd use in a film for where they're being romantic in the rain.

Nobody Takes Vegas - Midnight In Nagoya
I like the beginning, how it builds up. It reminds me of those 20 minutes where I tried to play Mirror's Edge or whatever it's called, and I gave up cause I couldn't run across the tight rope fast enough.

Owls In The Attic - Big Fire
This one, yes. Yes yes yes. As usual, the contrast between clean vocals and screaming is really well done, and it sounds like a storm.

Look, A Band - Liar Liar

Excuse me while I get rid of the Taking Back Sunday song that sets off in my head every time I see this band name - although really, reminding people of Taking Back Sunday isn't that bad a place to start.
This is four guys from Sheffield - Joe Daniels (guitar/vocals), Liam Bates (bass/vocals), and Jake Lawton (guitar), and Jack Dudill (drums) - who compare their music to a blend of Blink 182 and You Me At Six, which sounds promising. They've also written their entire Facebook page bio in a rather entertaining third person narrative; "the irrepressible punks emerged with a true declaration of intent . . . melody-drenched choruses so infectious it'll require an exorcist to release them from your head", for example (Edit - it was written by a PR guy, according to the band).

They've actually got some really awesome songs. I can definitely see the All Time Low and New Found Glory in them, and the start of the video for Heart Attack reminds me somewhat of the start of Underdog by You Me At Six. The only disturbing bit is the autotune sound on Joe's vocals, because it's erm . . . it sounds a bit like Finn from Adventure Time, and I'm not quite sure what the need is for it, because when the roboticness is less evident, the vocals are still great.

the video for Heart Attack

They're very good (look, I'm trying very hard to not say 'awesome' all the time), and I will definitely be listening to them again, especially It Doesn't Take A Hero, which is probably my favourite song off their EP, He Said, She Said, which you can get off iTunes now.

I have a load of bands written down to listen to for this particular feature, and a lot of them, to be honest, are kind of shabby and have maybe one song available to listen to. These guys have an EP out already, they actually sound like a band, although maybe not quite at the level their bio would suggest just yet, and they've even got a series of 'yes we are band now' type photos out in railway lines with their hoodies, which is basically an essential for any pop punk band nowadays. But you should definitely listen to them, because they know what they're doing and it doesn't sound like they're going away.

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