Owl City
Describing his music as "electronic pop being force-fed a healthy diet of keyboard smoothies", Adam Young a/k/a Owl City has touched a nerve with music fans across the US and beyond.
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Ocean Eyes
- Release date: 23/10/2009
- Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
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Owl City is a great new signing to Universal Republic. The "band" is fronted by Adam Young who created Owl City in his small town in the state of Minneapolis.Owl City is now one of MySpace's most popular artists with a whopping 36 million song plays and well over 100,000 profile views week after week, incredible numbers for an independent artist, and ‘Fireflies’ has already been added to KROQ LA!
Loaded with amazing loops, catchy pick-ups, and lyrics that soothe the mind and touch the heart, Adam Young has once again created a lush listening experience. Owl City’s trademark desire to escape in dreams, oceans and sky abound on this, his first official CD, in songs such as “Cave In” and “Umbrella Beach.” Adam also continues to display a terrific wit uncommon in most electronic based music in such songs as the clap infused, bouncy “Dental Care” (a humorous metaphor on smiling) and “Fireflies.”
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Owl City AKA Adam Young's second independent album 'ocean eyes' first single 'fireflies' landed at number one in the UK after 10 weeks on the charts. with the rest of the album keeping a similiar speed it reminds you of meandering down long empty american streets, which isnt far from where it all started for him in his parents basement in owatonna minnesota. but taking him as far as an australian tour starting in march supporting cobra starship.
Owl City- Ocean Eyes Review
The latest music industry success story comes courtesy of Owl City A.K.A Minnesota-born, Adam Young, a synthpop musician who honed his craft in his parents’ basement after turning to music to cure his insomnia. Some MySpace and viral popularity followed the release of his debut record, Maybe I’m Dreaming, and the rest they say is all history.
Ocean Eyes is the new sophomore album boasting the #1 hit single, “Fireflies” and combines the better elements of eighties synth with the kind of sheen typically synonymous with a boy band. The result is music that is perfect for the youngsters that love Twilight and the kind of songs I would love to sing along to if I were still a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl.
“Cave In” is reminiscent of James Brown’s “Living In America”. It is a danceworthy bubblegum anthem for teens with talk of dirt bikes and turnpikes. “The Bird And The Worm” is pop you can clap along to and is produced in the image of a squeaky clean performer (think Ben Lee circa Awake Is The New Sleep).
Other songs take in friendly electro club music for the underage (“Umbrella Beach”) and an ode to first dates (“The Saltwater Room”). But the award for the strangest lyrical subject matter would have to go to “Dental Care”. With echoes of Regina Spektor’s brand of quirky lyrics, it is a catchy pop story about a trip to the dentist.
Ocean Eyes is computerised whimsy and sugary pop songs that hint equally at Ben Gibbard’s Postal Service and Nikki Webster’s “Strawberry Kisses”. The quaint lyrics remind me of high school and more innocent times listening to the latest pop music and discovering boys. No doubt it’ll inspire similar thoughts in the current generation of kids.