Every once and a while, I like to go to the homepage of Purevolume and look at their featured bands. Normally, I can't really find any bands that I like. But a few days ago (okay, so more like a week ago) I went onto the Purevolume page and found the profile (?) page for As Tall As Lions. I have been listening to this band for days on end, seriously.
I downloaded the free songs from their Purevolume and bought their self-titled CD. I burned all the songs onto one disc of happiness, joy and wonder. Probably half of the songs on the 14-track CD are considered favorites of mine by this particular band. The songs are all different and the same at the same time. They have intensity of emotion lurking behind the layers of instrumentation and vocals. The lyrics are very abstract and storylike and, with the "Ambient / Indie / Rock" influences (thanks, Purevolume!) it makes for an overall enchanting album.
The one thing that has been bothering me through this entire obsession with this band is that the lead singer sounds A LOT like another singer but is obviously a different person. I cannot think of who it is. Sometimes, he sounds a little like the singer of Keane, but then I'm like, "No..." And then he sounds like the singer of the band The Juliana Theory, but that isn't right either. I also considered that he and the singer of Meriwether sounded a lot alike, but I'm not too sure about that either. But listening to songs over and over to try to solve this mystery is only a weak excuse for listening to As Tall As Lions as much as humanly possible.
Some of the songs I highly recommend are:
A Break, A Pause
Ghost of York
Stab City
Song for Luna
The Carousel (which is on their Purevolume profile)
Video for the song "Love, Love, Love (Love, Love)":
5 comments:
RAWR
i like teh album cover, and the voice! it's very pretty... i approve of your new music selection
thus you're allowed to lsiten to them
RAWR <--because it says lion in teh names
I love As Tall As Lions and Neil Gaimann!
The main singer reminds me of the singer from Maroon 5 a bit.
Bring me The Hush Sound!
I love these guys. Thwey are soooo soooo good.
and thanks for the nice comment on my movie reviewing skills. you're very talented at reviewing music and movies as well.
check out "A Book About Clouds" by Testa Rose. I found it on Pandora
the mindless voice: I am glad you approve. I do not know how I would live if you didn't! :)
olive valentine: Ha ha! Me too! I was looking through your favorite books and I was like, "Neil Gaiman... Neil Gaiman... hey! A Neil Gaiman book!" (He's aaaaaamazing. I am so excited for The Graveyard Book!)
dyskrasia: I brought you the Hush Sound. Whatcha gonna do about it? :P
sean bateman: Why thank you, sir. :) And I will definitely check out that band/song. You are the best music suggestor, like... ever.
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