New Standards Of Indie Excellence!
It's very simple. Music is an excellent way of conveying emotion from one person to another. But some emotions are easier to get across than others. Sadness is relatively easy to do, musically. But happiness is not. This is because the big themes of sadness are the same for all of us - rejection, failure, despair, the bit in Dumbo when his mum is locked up. But finding common ground for happiness is much harder. Some people find it in cuddles, some like making their friends laugh, and some like sitting quietly with a cup of earl grey and a macaroon. How is one song supposed to cover all that? Eh?
That's right, it can't. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't try. That's why we should all be grateful for this new band My Federation and their song 'Honey Bee' (which is out now).
Rather than lay down and mope, like so many of the indie bands like to do these days, they've got a fella rampaging around at speed, with a great big bumble bee bass guitar (hence the title, probably), and they're all shouting at each other cos they're having all the fun in the world.
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Now, I'm not saying ALL music should be more like this. I'm saying MORE music should be more like this. OK?
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i read the article but im not gonna listen 2 the song, i wouldnt want to put my ears through the trauma, im sorry but the words indie and excellence should never be used in the same sentence unless its saying how excellent indie music is not. a few indie bands i can put up with but theres way too many artic monkeys, pigeon detectives and to some extent kaiser chiefs out there for anyones good...and whats with the eternal stupid names?!?!
[C'mon, Kerri, you're a Kerrang! reader, you know ALL bands have stupid names these days. Bring Me The Horizon? The Academy Is..? No better than Arctic Monkeys, namewise. Please listen to the song, it's ROCKIN'!]
ok, i listened to it, happy? its not that sort of infecious indie that spreads and is as irritating as a bad rash (like the fratellis, kooks etc) so its not as bad as i thought it would be but at the same time it is no better than the kaiser cheifs and razorlight (who are that barable, will put up with on the radio type of indie). i dont understand what makes this a stand out song though.
and bring me the horizon etc arent really stupid names, theyr just a tad different, sometimes wierd but not what i would class as stupid. pigeon detectives and arctic monkeys on the other hand :S i swear some of these bands thought up the band names drunk!
Any band that can play wearing bee suits with real live bees buzzing around gets my vote!! Don't belive me? Check out their video on YouTube, just search for My Federation.
I know what Kerri means - as soon as I read 'Indie', I thought, here we go, another 'woe is me' ex student type Indie band. But as the blog says, My Federation are anything but that. I rather like this Honey Bee song - no, I REALLY like it. It makes me smile and think of summer, so yes, lots more of this Indie Excellence can't be a bad thing ... rock on My Federation, you have another new fan.
My Federation, Brightons new good time, live band, their good humour rubs off on the audience, leaving you with a feel good factor, makes you want to see them live again and again. best of luck with the tour and new album