Music Discovery
Let me start this off by stating the all my(teenage/adult) life I've been a Rock/Punk/Metal guy (With the occasional Glen Campbell). I've been satisfied with that. Recently I discovered I may have been missing out.
This journey all started New Years Eve when someone I follow on mastodon boosted a post from a musician about there recent (Unreleased at the time) album. I'm not sure what it was about it. The cover? The album name? I'll never know for sure but I told myself I would have a listen when I had time. Boy was I in for a surprise.
The album/artist that started this out is Ride Eternal by Eyeshadow FM 2600 If you follow me on Mastodon you would have seen me post about it before. From the first listen it had me hooked. It's a journey from start to finish. Do yourself a favor and check it out. I particularly like What Doesn't Kill You. I also quite enjoy Vice City Dead and Shallow Grave. Those 2 songs feel like 1 they merge together so great.
So with that I had discovered SynthWave/DarkSynth/RetroSynth. A genre of music I had never delved into or even knew existed. I spent the next few day sampling more of Eyeshadow FM 2600's offerings and was not disappointed.
I am continuing on this journey. Many artists to discover. So let me highlight a couple more.
The way I did this discovery was using the synthwave tag on bandcamp and looking for interesting album cover art/name. First one to catch my eye was The order of Chaos by DEADLIFE. Again based on the cover it seemed interesting and did not disappoint. It's dark and groovy and best enjoyed from start to finish. I'm still really discovering this artist and I'll be obtaining more of his stuff in the coming days. He's also working on a new album and recently dropped A single. Sounds very promising.
The next cover that caught me was that of Liminality by DreamReaper. It's another great album filled with epic beats sure to keep you grooving no matter what you are doing. Best enjoyed in it's entirety. Still lots more by him to check out as well which I will be doing.
Well that's all for now. Keep in mind I'm no professional music reviewer. However do yourself a favor and check out these artists well worth the time. Also make sure you show them your support so they keep putting out great music. World needs more of these independent artists. Ones not directed by greedy music labels/industry.
Take care.
G
Until next time. Stay safe!