It’s looking like this could be a week full of blogs about upcoming, reasonably unknown, talent. And in this blog, I’m even stepping out into my exception genre, which is rock music - No, I don’t think I’m coming down with something. *Nora checks her head to test for fever*
You can tell I had a little time on my hands, recently, which I’ve spent checking out all of the e-mail requests I’ve received to listen to people’s music for my Kurrent Music blogs. In between all the mail, I found a promising rock band called Anywhere. Based in the UK, but originally from Sweden, they are slowly but surely making a name for themselves.
The music reminds me a lot of a Dutch rock band called Kensington, which makes sense, because they (Kensington) have put a lot of effort into sounding like a UK rock band. And so, we’ve come full circle.
Everywhere (the band) are already in phase two of their career, having just released their sophomore EP, “Fiction Act”. They collaborated with Mark Needham, the guy also behind The 1975 and The Killers. This makes it a bit of combination of rock meets electronic meets pop. So, as soon as the EP was released last month, it immediately caught the attention of the BBC who then introduced them to an audience of millions. With good reason.
The songs are catchy and packed with layers of vocals for power. They have something familiar to them. Personally, I think “Shades at Night” and the free download “Heroine” have too much similarity to them, somehow. “ Some Other Dude” brings some funkiness to the table, like you might be listening to DNCE and the repetition of the word “up” in “Let It Go” reveals the guys may have a week for Katy Perry, too. Altogether, I feel a very positive vibe even though the cover art for the EP and some of the song titles might also hint at something darker.
The band seem to be on an uptrend and gradually building up a large fan base. That alone is enough to spark some interest from a music blogger, but I genuinely enjoyed listening to them. It’s easy-access-rock music which you can listen to everywhere.
