Saturday, April 9, 2011

Lovin Grouplove

Discovering Grouplove from the SXSW recommendations of SPIN magazine I delved into their world of emotionally charged music. Generally a feel good sound, their music is guaranteed to have you bopping all day. Interestingly the band's lead singer Christian Zucconi met his girl and artist Hannah Hooper in New York and went to live on an artist's commune on Crete where they met the rest of their band - Andrew Wessen, Ryan Rabin and Sean Gadd. They must have picked up more than just a band there because what was produced is truly a fun sound, original in it's own way. When you listen you don't say "that sounds like _________", except for the frontman's voice I thought had a seeming semblance to Ben Brewer of The Exit. Even better than listening to them is watching Christian move behind the mic and truly enjoying what he does. No offense Hannah!