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INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS, CULTURE PIECES, MUSICAL RAMBLINGS.
I really can't believe January's finally over. I feel like I've been in this month for....well...MONTHS. A lot of stuff happened and a lot of music was played on my laptop. One of the constant bands that I really got into this month was a band by the name of Vundabar! I was immediately drawn to them due to their northeastern roots, because, I'm from 'round those parts too. Like many of the great music I'm into, I discovered Vundabar on my Spotify Daily Mix. I was heavily procrastinating my physics homework one day, so I decided to check that week's one out. A song called Greenland was first on the playlist and I was intrigued. I listened to it, and my perspective on a lot of things in life was changed. Not to get all sappy or anything, but some of the lyrics of this song have helped me to understand and get through some of the events that have been happening to me. Over the course of the past month I've been going through a lot of stressful situations, mostly stupid typical high school stuff. Schoolwork, midterms, prom, all those fun things! A lyric that I remember every time I struggle to achieve something that I really want is "You can't get no honey without some bees, and sometimes you may get bee stings, but such is life." It's my VSCO bio now. This has been my go to song when I need to rock out and let off some steam. If you have some sort of angst in your life that you need to vent about, listen to this song and let all you feelings of anger wash over you as you sing along. "What did you come here for?" I don't think I've ever talked about my favorite kind of music videos, but they're the spontaneous kind. You know, the ones not recorded with a professional camera that show the band's daily life and them going on tour, almost like a vlog! I feel happy when I watch them and I like seeing the band having fun and being themselves with each other, because, after all, they're just buds making music. These type of videos create an ambitious energy in me, an urge to go out and film a video like this with my good friends. This is the video for Oulala by Vundabar, a video that displays all of the qualities I just described in the most perfect way. I was sad to see that most of these videos were from a couple years ago and I wasn't sure if Vundabar was still a thing. Then, days later, they read my mind and released an amazing music video for their song Acetone! I also found out about their new album coming out this year that you should ALL be excited for. I really like the vintage vibe of this video; The large attention-grabbing font creates the atmosphere of an 80s horror film. The long coats and the fog also add on to that. This could easily be the new scary Netflix hit, with the body burying, the three characters, and the creepy-sounding title (Acetone, one of the most FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, OOOOO).
This also made me feel nostalgic because I saw Vermont plates on the pick up truck. Oh, how I miss vacationing in that beautiful place. I felt like it was a very appropriate state for this video to be set in because of how desolate it is. I hope you enjoyed this article a lot. LISTEN TO VUNDABAR. They're such an underrated band and I really want to try and catch their Brooklyn show when they come in March. Have a great week everyone!
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