OWL CITY. What do I say about them but FABULOUS. They are amazing. They recently have become popular but I have actually been following them since the beginning of 2009. I always wondered why they weren't on the radio, then last weekend I was home in LA and heard "Fireflies" on the radio! Owl City actually consists of only one member, Adam Young. I never would have guessed it was one guy but I know he does a lot of collaborations with other artist in his songs. He is out of Owatonna, Minnesota and has been active since 2007 and signed with Universal Records. He claims that his sound is Electronic, Pop, and Synthesized, BUT his main influences are European Disco and Euro Electronic Music. My friends and I concluded that his song "Vanilla Twilight" sounds like a mix of Death Cab for Cutie mixed with the electric Hello Goodbye sound. That is what I think his style sounds like.
It's crazy that he managed to release two albums before he was even signed! He became so popular on his music Myspace had over 5 million views on his tracks, no wonder he got signed. The first song that made me fall in love with Owl City was really the song on his new album called "Vanilla Twilight". I downloaded it because it sounded so unique and cool and once I played I realized how amazing his lyrics were and how much I related to them right at that moment (missing friends and family). When I first heard it the lyrics made me think of my group of friends from high school and how much I missed them here at college. It actually made me super homesick, and I ended up convincing my parents to let me come home for the weekend, but I love this song. The other songs I fell in love with were songs like "Fireflies", "Hello Seattle", "West Coast Friendship", "Fuzzy Blue Lights" and "The Bird and the Worm". I recommend all of them and his new album is great too. Check it out. It's worth it.
Check out Owl City. They are great and I honestly love every song on the new album.
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