Ever heard of Another Cynthia? No? Well, I don't blame you, they were a local band from Portland, OR, active during the 2000's and only known in Portland and its surrounding cities/towns.
They released two albums (Another Cynthia, in 2007 and Antique of Disaster, in 2009), an EP (The Mannequin, in 2008) and a non-album single entitled Inside, in 2002. Their most popular songs are probably Push Back, Dry Eyes and A Little Love.
I couldn't find a lot of information about them, but according to my research, they formed around 2002 and dissolved around 2010, having their last show on 26th September 2009 in Burnside, OR, together with Low vs. Diamond and Charmparticles, two other local bands. Their most persistent line-up (again, according to my research) consisted on Ian Mackintosh (Lead vocals and guitar), Abe Smith (lead vocals and guitar), Jason Mackie (backing vocals and guitar), Ian Mouser (bass), Jackson Coffrey (drums) and Ben Braun (keys, samples and backing vocals). Also, they characterize themselves as an hybrid band of Indie Pop, Electropop and Dance-Pop, but I can also see some Post-Punk Revival influences in a couple of songs.
I was introduced to this band by a person I know and I still have no idea how did she manage discover them, since they are incredibly unknown, but I fell in love with them as soon as I listened to Push Back and A Little Love. Unfortunately, YouTube only offers a limited number of their songs, but I discovered Inside, What You Want, Donkey Kong and some other songs in there. I was fascinated by their music, so I used Spotify, which I only use as my last resort, to listen to their full albums and I saw their potential as I felt bad for knowing they dissolved as an almost unknown group. They had potential to be one of the greatest bands in the alternative music industry of the 2000's. Actually, they even remind me of The Bravery (An Honest Mistake is a song that serves well as an example), but with a big difference: The Bravery were more into Dance-Punk instead of Dance-Pop. I'd even say they were influenced by them if they weren't active around the same time (Another Cynthia formed around 2002 and dissolved around 2010 and The Bravery formed in 2003 and dissolved in 2012), but I find them quite similar.
My favourite release of the band is, undoubtedly, The Mannequin. Every track in there is a 16/20 at least, and you can find masterpieces like Let Down, Push Back and 3AM in there (I can't give you the links for those specific tracks because they are not available on YouTube, or at least not in my country, except Push Back, but that one's link is up in the beginning of the post). They made songs that are quite simple but still sound genius. 3AM has a calm, happy and summer-like wave and it is a song that'd fit perfectly on some TV series.
Now, outside of The Mannequin, you can still find excellent songs like Dry Eyes (which is, by the way, part of the soundtrack of the tween video-game ourWORLD), Pretty Girl, Inside and New Skin. They all have a positive energy, with Ian's and Abe's voice mixing pretty well together, and they have found the perfect formula for Indie Pop, but were not recognized for it, which is pretty unfair, but that's the music industry in a nutshell! Still, they composed perfect songs to listen to at anytime. I'd even say they are one of my favourite bands of all time, and that's really something! Give them a listen, it is worth it. Trust me.
What do you think? Do you agree with me? What kind of post should I do next? Comment below and I will reply!
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário