Howdy folks,
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, and I wanted to let you know I apologize deeply for that. I’ve still been seeing movies on my golden pass, but I’ve failed you on posting my rambling thoughts.
Well I’m here today to let you know not about movies, but instead about some music you should be checking out. The album I’m recommending is Giggle In Awe by MSIF+Boost. MSIF is currently based out of Atlanta, although they just recently moved from St. Louis. The album (released May 1st) is the first release by Mike Stasny, the main man behind MSIF. It’s also important to credit Mr. Stasny for his role in writing the lyrics for this viral video.
This is some electro-dance pop. The album has tracks that fulfill the lighter-side of dance (“A Few Good Men”, “The Boogie That’s Mine”) and some that make you wish you were at a lunch rave in Sweden (“Change Me Levity”, “Full Circle”, “Abby”). It passingly reminds me of a less grandiose Empire of the Sun, combined with Jookabox (whose song “You Cried Me” is a must listen to jam). One thing that stands out to me is the production quality on all these tracks. It’s high quality. I’m not sure how the drums were recorded, but the record sounds like the instrumentation was recorded by real people and not just a producer behind a drum machine and a keyboard. Props are also due for the vocals, which are in many cases double tracked in an excellent manner that keeps the range open and prevents them from ever getting boring.
The moral of this story is get on over to the Bandcamp page, grab yourself a copy of this album, and dance (or nod if you’re at work).
Recommended if you dig: The Notwist, Empire of the Sun, Jookabox White Flight
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Is Maggie not featured on this album?
Based off of the bandcamp page, it didn’t seem that way, but it’s a little unclear.
Yeah, Maggie is not on the album. She joined MSIF years after BOOST and I started working together. This is what MSIF sounded like before performing live (aprox 4 years ago). “MSIF + BOOST – Maggie” is more an appropriate title for this project. BOOST will likely be helping us with our new album. He is awesome. These songs are around 4 years old, they were just never released until now.
I am MIKE STASNY. And I want to say – thank you for posting this. It makes me feel super good… @ DB – Maggie is not on this album. She joined the band when we became a performance outfit. Prior to performing, MSIF was a studio recording band only. MSIF has been working with BOOST before performing happened (since 4 years ago???), BOOST put out the record. He is awesome. He will likely work with Maggie and I on our MSIF album. Until then, enjoy MSIF + BOOST – Maggie. It is what MSIF sounded like before we played live.