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Listen Up! - Barcelona
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Barcelona is a band I probably should have known about by now, so I’ll just pretend I have for years. What? You don’t Barcelona? That’s crazy! How can you not!
The band has seen the ups and downs of the music industry, releasing their own album, signing to a major label to re-release it, and then leaving that label shortly thereafter. Just how these things go I guess. No matter! The trio from (no, NOT Barcelona, and that was a TERRIBLE guess) Seattle released three EPs within the span of a year, and they collectively may be the best music of their career. Right now they are filling the void in my life left by Keane going on hiatus, and I mean that in the best way possible. While lead singer Brian Fennel sounds eerily like Tim Rice-Oxley of the British band, Barcelona’s sound is more electronic, and much more 80’s. Familiar and yet new, Barcelona is pleasant enough to appease an adult contemporary crowd, but cool enough for me to have loved them for ALL THIS TIME. |
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