STRFKR

On Wednesday instead of playing music Mr.A asked us what we were currently listening to so I decided this blog will be about that. Lately I've been listening to lots of STRFKR or Starfucker and definitely to their new album that I keep in my car along with the rest that are in my phone. What I like about this band is how varied their sound is, going from chilled out music to dance-focused beats, straight rock and electronica. They use lots of synthesizers but in a way that doesnt drive you insane along with some pretty sick base and guitar lines. On vocals you'll find that the way its mastered will muffle them out or make them sound far off almost making it seem like they're trying to direct your focus elsewhere or when they sort of want you to pay attention to the vocals they'll make more audible while still keeping them slightly muffled, they also have some pretty good harmonies that help drive home the song. Also to wake you up after  a chilled song, they'll hit you with something a bit more upbeat, like the transition between Isea and YAYAYA, yeah you can see difference just in the text. One thing I really like is that no matter how minimalist the lyrics are, the rest of song covers it though I suppose it's a preference thing with lyrcis, for example I can live with songs without lyrcis (or bands ahem, Explosions in The Sky) while some prefer lyrics like Ann yesterday in the car said there wasn't any lyrics or they weren't easy to follow, so lyrics is definitely a personal preference.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=plcp&v=1EL03Pl4oL4 Atlantis

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=plcp&v=_YsjVTdq5og  Beach Monster

These are the videos they have so far and on each one you'll see the different sounds described.
A cool thing I found on Miracle Mile is that if you run it without a gap between the songs  they all (almost all) connect perfectly. I would put up more links, but I would end up listing every song they have so I suggest going to spotify and start at Reptilians, move to Miracle Mile and then go back to the older albums like  Jupiter and Starfucker and Heaven's Youth which is cool because it's the Reptilians demos and you can see how the songs changed and progressed. So my advice is listen to EVERYTHING.

On an off note I'm going to listen to Phoenix's new album!!