Tunes

Well hello there everybody! I've got some tunes for you today. If you didn't already know I'm kind of obsessed with music and one of my favorite things is coming across bands and artists I've never heard of and finding new favorite songs. Recently I've been lucky enough to stumble across the band Bastille. And let me tell you, NEW FAVORITE BAND! I have A LOT of favorite bands, but these guys have definitely made the list! They're only a few years old, but they've just released their new album Bad Blood over here in the U.S. (they're based in London) and it is fan-freaking-tastic! My personal favorite track off the album has to be "Things We Lost In The Fire" (can't stop singing it) but all the songs are quite wonderful. Especially "Pompeii," "Bad Blood," and "Overjoyed." What can I say, I like them all! If you've already heard of Bastille, great! If not and you want to hear some great music I highly suggest checking them out. I'm currently listening to them right now and they always manage to put me into a good mood.

Here's the music video for "Things We Lost In The Fire" if you'd like to take a listen. And let's be honest, of course you do.

 

Great right?!

 



Some other tunes I've been listening to recently that I can't seem to stop pressing the replay button on are some songs related to, you guessed it, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare. I love music and I love books and when the two come together it's like a beautiful explosion of literary musical awesomeness that can't be beat. The artist who writes and performs the songs is known on YouTube as Beth Crowley and she is AMAZING! Her song "Warrior" is inspired by TMI and she is currently trying to get it in the running to be on the soundtrack for the next movie. Fingers crossed it gets on there! And then her song "Skin and Bones" is inspired by TID and it made me want to cry...again. So yeah, they're fantastic. And then she has a few other songs that are non-book related that are also great. "Girl Like Me" especially.

 

Have a listen why don't you. I made it nice and easy for you, they're right here.

 

 

 

 

And finally, last, but never ever least, I've been listening to two songs performed by Jamie Campbell Bower (for those who don't know he's an actor who plays one of the main characters in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie) on YouTube which I'm pretty sure he wrote himself and they are just lovely. Seriously. I already loved this guy for his acting and amazingness, but now I come to find he can also sing and play the guitar. I mean, he sang in Sweeney Todd, but these songs are just beautiful and so is his voice. These songs weren't actually written for the movie or anything as far as I know, but I just thought I'd tell you about them since it relates and also because I've been listening to his songs and Beth Crowley's songs pretty much every morning before I leave for school. They just make facing the day just a little bit easier and I find myself humming them between classes. Hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

 Ah, swoon. I love good music and people who can sing and play good music. Hopefully you all think it's good as well. Anyway...hope your weeks are going great! Tomorrow's Friday!! Hallelujah!

Love & Chaos,
Sam