Throwing Music at the Wall and Seeing if Anything Sticks

Okay so good news for me, I actually DID start listening to music again! Woo! I'm legitimately happy about this, I got some great new things and I'm sure more will follow. Of course most was pretty eh to me but hey good start. Now the only slight problem with this is that I didn't exactly listen to anything remotely current. But again, you know, it's a good start. So anyway, this is me talking about random music I was recommended, get excited.

I'll start with this one, Death Grips - Exmilitary.

















WHAT AM I LISTENING TO. I really don't know how to feel about this. This album goes a lot of places and I wouldn't know where to start with a genre. It sounds kind of like dark, sludgy electronic, maybe dubsteppy, with aggressive rapping in the background. Later in the album it starts getting a lo-fi surfer rock effect in some places. In my opinion... I don't have one... maybe I could get into this album ifIlistened to it more, apparently it's been getting a cult following since it came out last year, but the lyrics, while they do flow well (I think?) and are interesting sounding, aren't exactly pleasant in that regard. The beats can get pretty amazing at times though and I'd say the production on this album is what it's best feature is. But I'm not wouldn't say I enjoyed it. Try it if you'd like, maybe someone else can help me identify the big deal about this thing.

Next here's an apparently pretty popular band I'd never heard of before, Mutemath

That one song was the only thing I particularly liked though. After listening to their self-titled album I found it entirely forgettable. There wa nothing really to make them stand out, just a plain old album by an alt rock band that might be trying to sound indie too. I do really enjoy this one song though, Typical, the music video is impressive too. It's a solid single.

This is Organized Konfusion

It's a 90's hip-hop outfit that actually sounds not bad to me, but unfortunately like with Mutemath, no reason for them to stand out. I like Pharoah Monch a bit but this was only good one time for me at least, I thought it was kinda cool to listen to 90's hip hop rather than current stuff. But it didn't stick with me. Fine beats, good flow, nothing special. Just somewhat entertaining once.

I Fight Dragons

I actually rather liked this. It's a rock band with some pretty significant 8-bit and chiptune influences and they actually pull it off rather nicely. Made it interesting enough to get me to listen to it and the music itself consistently kept me entertained throughout the album. Nice little rock band and I'm gonna keep tabs on them in the future I think. If this is how they're starting I think they have real potential considering chiptune seems to be sticking around. Oh and the song above isn't on that album, but I felt it was a much better depiction of their sound and attitude. Also I love the little fan made cartoon.

Last one, Bonobo - Black Sands

This is my favorite one of this bunch in terms of entire albums. It's definitely the most chill sounding album I've heard in awhile and is fantastic background music for when I'm relaxing. It's beats just keep adding layer after layer into each work, and they all incorporate their many instruments well. It has elements of electronic, drum & bass, jazz,  and some very beautiful strings which all seem to flow seamlessly. Altogether the album just creates a really calm atmosphere. It varies quite a bit as well which like, I dislike when primarily instrumental songs all sound similar to me. So as far as needing to calm down after defending yourself from a hoard of zombies, yeah this will do it.

That's it, I'd say Bonobo is the only one particularly good for a zombie apocalypse, maybe I Fight Dragons too if you'd like to be reminded of old NES games as you protect your loved ones and cry. Keep that in mind.