This song of the week selection came as more of a challenge to me. This week I have been listening to a wide variety of music and haven't really had a stand out band or song to put as my pick. So for this pick I thought that I would pick a song that I really enjoyed that until recently, I haven't listened to in a while. In this case, it comes in the form of a band than a song, and this band is called Underoath. I really haven't listened to Underoath in a while and I have really forgotten how skilled they truly are. Even with the departure of their final founding member and drummer/ clean vocalist, Aaron Gillespie, this band has still stayed true to their vision and that's why I'm selecting "You're Ever So Inviting," a song still featuring Gillespie, as my song of the week.
The thing that I love about this song is how rich the music is. When you listen to "You're Ever So Inviting" you are listening to a complete song instead of a bunch of instruments playing on the same track. In order to decipher each instrument, you must listen with a keen ear because of how well each element fits together. Clean vocalist, Gillespie, and screamer, Spencer Chamberlain are a great match for each other, matching Chamberlain's lower pitched screams with Gillespie's higher pitched clean singing style. Underoath is also great at matching up instrumentals with the vocals, offering more ambient sections during lighter vocal parts and heavier parts during choruses or heavier vocal parts. The song as a whole has a lot of ambient sound qualities and is just an overall great Underoath song.
Although Underoath has been through a lot of member changes, no one can argue that this band has lost any steam. I am definitely glad that I am listening to Underoath again because I feel that they have a very unique style to them that separates them from many other bands in the genre. Posted below is the music video for "You're Ever So Inviting" and I hope that you guys tell me what you think of the sound. I'm also a little curious, do you think that bands like Underoath that have none of their original members should change their names? Or do you believe that as long as they keep the same principles as the band members before them that its okay to carry the name on? Feel free to comment below.
You're Ever So Inviting-Underoath
Do I think the singer should cut his hair? yes. Do I think the band should change their name? no. If one band member is replaced at a time then each time a member joins, they are joining Underoath. If all members were replaced at the same time, then i think the name should change, not that that would happen. . .
ReplyDeleteThats a good point. I guess my only thing with Underoath is that they sounded very different when they had their original line-up. Its the current line-up that I like.
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