Indie Alternative Rock: Letters for Lovers

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Letters for Lovers

Members from left: Kim Long, Courtnee Owens, Cody Fiddner, Ciaran Carmichael

Picture this. A four piece alternative rock band that isn't trying to sound like the mainstream stars. Hard to believe right? Well we found them. Recently, the "Indie Team" has been listening to a great band by the name of Letters for Lovers. These Pennsylvania locals know how to incorporate sweet piano chords with the "bubble-gum" feel of alternative.

These days Myspace is filled with "wannabe" alternative stars. These bands consist of teenage kids who are writing really bad songs for their girlfriends (This is the basic generalization). The "Indie Team" has a lot of respect for any band who's trying to write music in the industry. But for really good rock bands, it's hard to stand out in the large crowd of alternative music. Letters for Lovers found a way to get noticed by their fans. The first key difference that we saw with Letters for Lovers is that they incorporated piano as one of their main instruments. Not many artists have been trying this technique, and to be honest, it's really unfortunate. The piano provides songs with different tones that guitar can't accomplish. The most important factor in the music of Letters for Lovers is the catchy melodies. Alternative music has been following the same trend of whiney voices and cheesy lyrics, and on top is this, it's not even producing good melodies. Letters for Lovers has worked hard over the years to please their listeners with "sing along" choruses and catchy verses. All we have to say to them is thankyou for providing alternative music with variety.

On top of showing the industry that they're a different alternative band, Letters for Lovers has also tried reaching other listeners.

Recently the mainstream radio stations have been playing a song called Dynamite by Taio Cruz. In an attempt to advertise their music, and play great music, Letters for Lovers covered this popular song in a live recording session. They took the idea of "four on the floor" drums and combined it with the great sounds of acoustic bass and acoustic guitar. The song sounds really different from the original version, but the similarities are still there. Overall, this song was covered very well by Letters for Lovers.

So check out Letters for Lovers! At the bottom of the post, you can find a couple of links including the youtube video so that you can forward it to your friends. Thanks for visiting Indie Alternative Rock. Seeya next time.

The "Indie Team"