Monday, June 10, 2013

"Pompeii" by Bastille



SONG OF THE MOMENT


Lots of underrated bands end up finding their way to my playlists.  I like to surf around and find music that maybe isn't being listened to by the masses for multiple reasons.  The two biggest reasons are 1.) top 40 radio is almost always a joke (they will only play one song by a fantastic artist or they'll overplay a good song until you hate it) and 2.) I want to support musicians and artists that create amazing music but they aren't known to millions simply because they don't have a #1 hit, a huge record contract, or a sold-out U.S. tour.  One of my biggest sources for music is actually an Australian radio station that is almost always cranking out great music and playing songs that don't become a hit in America for several more weeks or months...and sometimes never.  They're ahead of the curve.  They were the station that introduced me to Gotye, and Macklemore, before they were even close to having a nationwide American top 40 hit that caused it to be so overplayed it ruined it for most music lovers.  I like to be ahead of the curve because of that.  I was able to enjoy "Thrift Shop" and "Somebody That I Used to Know" to its fullest, then it came on the radio, I still enjoyed rocking out for a little bit, then I felt saturated with that song and I moved on before it got to be too much for me and ruined it all.  That might make no sense to some people, but I don't care.  It makes sense to the way I think and feel about music.  I'm discussing this now because one thing I've noticed recently, that is bringing some fantastic music to the public other than top 40 radio, is iTunes...yes iTunes.  They've had some great songs for free recently such as one by the living legend himself, Eric Clapton.  They even had Atlas Genius, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, and now Bastille.  Bastille just put out an EP about 2 weeks ago, yet in early March they released a full album that debuted at #1 on the U.K. charts.  Sadly, that full album is not available in the U.S. because we're dumb.  Well I actually don't know why it's unavailable in the U.S.  It's frustrating, but then here came along iTunes offering a free song of theirs a few weeks ago, introducing me to the band, and allowing me to quickly appreciate their music and crave the full "Bad Blood" album while having to settle for the phenomenal "Haunt" EP.  I'll survive.  Hopefully you all will enjoy this song of theirs as much as I do and whenever they do a full U.S. tour (other than 2 dates in Cali) we can all attend and have an incredible time.  


Song of the Moment
"Pompeii" by Bastille


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