2 Girls 1 Band

Now here’s some music I would like to share with you: Azure Ray.
I recently discovered them (shame on me), although they’re being active and popular already for quite a while (first official release in 2001).

Ok, people who claim I’ve started to listen to emo or whatever they don’t know about great crafted music, think again. This is simply brilliant, elegant and has so much passion it makes me want to be alone and rethink everything I’ve learned and done so far.

I like it for many reasons. First of all, because all real emo’s, goths, metal junks, hipsters … can learn how you do can portray sad music without sounding OR absolutely lame OR absolutely ridiculous and pathetic. If you check the youtube page from this clip you can read the lyrics which are pure poetry of which I could only wish my English (or Dutch) was that well. And; how with those simple words you can bring such a breathtaking story.

Second reason because they’re girls. I am so sorry to say, but for me, there’s few music out there that really touches me, created by girls. There are a few singers (Beth Gibbons, Édith Piaf, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Justin Bieber* …), but really not that much and especially not that much where (almost) the entire band consists out of women.

Third reason … I actually don’t really know. You love certain music or you don’t. For me, great music is always the one that brought you to a next emotional level. A level words couldn’t reach or even bring you close. The fact there are (great) lyrics involved here, only brings it better to the surface, makes it more understandable, from the artist’s perspective.

 

 

*Obviously kidding. Of course I don’t like her music.