New Finds – LX
While this new post from this series is once again very rushed, it does at least deserve the title, since I only recently stumbled into all three bands, and in fact only the first one, Birds of a Feather, isn’t a new band in itself. The genre may also not be quite what I normally include in these posts, but the fact that I like the sound shouldn’t come as a surprise either. So I’ll start by pointing you to Fragments, which is their most recent song, while the second pick will be Fly Away. That’s not that old of a song either, and I could and probably should have selected something significantly older as the second pick, plus that a song that features only male vocals is highly unusual for them, at least based on what I listened to, but that one stuck with me, and it took me a while to realize that the reason is that it reminds me of Antichrisis, or perhaps more specifically of the songs released by Sid after the band split up. But this paragraph should be about Birds of a Feather, and despite, or perhaps just because, this second pick isn’t exactly a good example of how they sound in general, I do encourage you to listen to their other songs, because they really deserve more attention. And I’ll also take this opportunity to wish Ryan a speedy and complete recovery, since he seems to be quite ill at the moment.
The second band, Glyph, only recently released their first album, so both of my picks, Honor, Power, Glory and When the World Was Young are from it. This is power metal and all the vocals are male, so that comment about the genre not being what I mostly focus on in these posts but the fact that I like the sound not being a surprise either applies to them as well. And, while there are moments when the vocals could be better, I can say the same, if not worse, about plenty of established bands, and their overall sound is surprisingly good and polished. Or maybe it’s not so surprising, seeing as the band may be new, but its members are experienced, and I guess that it could even be called a supergroup. Either way, they’re an easy recommendation if you have any interest in the genre.
The other new band, who also only recently released their first album, is Tierra Vacia. If the fact that they’re a Christian band and that’s very obvious in the lyrics bothers you too much, you’ll probably want to move along, but the sound is quite nice, at least on some of the songs, my picks being Rumble and Weeping. Since that theme does make me frown a little as well, I won’t comment on their potential and don’t expect to look them up again in the future, but at this moment and just referring to their sound, they caught my attention enough for me to want to include them here. However, I’m editing this in the early hours of Monday to add the fact that rushing this post meant not paying that much attention to the lyrics and, while I can ignore anything else that might bother me, if I’d have noticed the line against abortion from Weeping, which I take particular issue with, I’d have at the very least picked a different song to link to. But now I’m leaving things as they are, just adding this notice, which should also serve as a warning.
