Do you ever hear a song on the radio while you're flipping stations that just kind of catches you? Makes you stop and listen, sort of passively, but intrigued? I heard both of these songs for the first time on the Valley's newest station, Hatcher Pass Radio, the other day. They both have a kind of indie sound, though Snow Patrol isn't. Both bands are from the UK, so maybe that's where some of the similarity comes from? Idk, I just feel like there's some kind of connection between these two songs.
Listen and see what you think!
(That was a Regina Spektor reference in the title, btw)
How have I never mentioned Peter Hollens? I think I discovered this guy on Pandora (on my super slow sad station), but his real presence is on YouTube. He has SO MANY VIDEOS. And his voice is absolutely beautiful. He does a bunch of cool collaborations and covers, and I think it's all crowd-sourced. It's pretty much all a cappella, but I think reaches a whole other level than Pentatonix (which I also like). In fact, here's one he did with Avi Kaplan! And a Charlie Puth cover with Mike somebody, and one from The Hobbit, and a Disney one...
I have a dozen favorites (actually I'm not sure I can even narrow it down that far), but you'll have to browse the rest yourself!
Do you know that Imogen Heap song Jason Derulo sampled, made famous by, I don't know, the internet and whatnot? Well, the other day I entered one of those weird Twilight Zones of memory and couldn't decide if I had actually heard the original song or just listened to it so hard this time it sounded familiar...but when a choral version of it showed up in my YouTube queue, I (re)discovered the first iteration and damn was it powerful. "Hauntingly beautiful," reviewers called it, and I cannot think of a more accurate description. I just know as soon as I heard that first line I was spellbound, and could see a scene from one of my novels playing out to it perfectly. It's a novel that started in bits and pieces one October, I think, not even in an attempt at NaNoWriMo. It's still stuck halfway in the idea phase, I think, but when I heard that song I thought, this story has to be a reality. If it could become a movie, even better! I saw a flash of a scene I haven't written, in slo-mo, perfectly fitted to that song. And then I slipped into that mindset again that maybe I should be a screenwriter instead...
But for now, I guess I'm just a dreamer.
Anyway, for your listening enjoyment, Imogen Heap (that's her real name! I didn't know):
