Phoenix

Before I was into Two Door Cinema Club, The Strokes, and Walk The Moon, I really liked a band called Phoenix. They actually formed in Versailles, France, which I thought was pretty cool, and started out as a garage band which is pretty typical. Basically I only know the music they have on their album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" released in 2009. That's not important though because you can easily get a feel for their sound with just that. They were my gateway band if you will. I listened to them, loved them, and then discovered new music because of them through Pandora and other people.

This song titled "1901" is probably their most popular track, with good reason. I think it really shows of the skill that their singer has. From what I've read, the lyrics are somewhat parallel to the history of Paris, France, but if I'm gonna be honest, I really haven't paid much attention to them on this song. The chorus is pretty well known, but it sounds very new to me. What I mean is that it sounds original, like no one has made chorus that sounds even similar to that. I could be wrong, but that is just what came to mind when I listened to it. 

This song "Lasso" sounds very much like Phoenix to me. The drum intro is really fun to listen to and although the lyrics make little sense to me, it's kind of hard not to sing along to the chorus. My favorite band "Two Door Cinema Club" actually put a remixed version of this song on their album full of remixes, which I found to be pretty good, although I was more interested in the fact that they had done it. 

The last song I'll include is called "Rome." It is very mellow, I'd say, and really keeps me wanting to listen to this band. It does get stronger sounding later in the song, which I loved hearing, but still remains a relatively calm song. Phoenix is great if you're into Indie Rock in general. I know that it's one of my favorite genres, and Phoenix actually was the first band I liked in the genre. Well now I really feel like checking out the rest of their music so I can better know the band that basically created my music taste today.