My friend (Well...more-so acquaintance, since we've only talked a couple times.) Ken Stringfellow of Posies/REM/Big Star fame recently spread news about a single for dutch band "Reveller" he had mixed. Hearing him post about the band on his Facebook/blog got me a bit interested in checking them out, and so I checked out their recent single "Pulse."
What did I think of it? Well, I think it's a good tune, with very great sounding guitars (They remind me a bit of "It's Never Been Like That-era" Phoenix, which is one of my favorite albums.) and the drums have a nice sound. They have a great dry sound, and the melody and lyrics, but what I really love is the music video.
Ok, just hear me out: I know it's kind of weird to see a pop-rock song together with a music video showing children in the middle of warzones, both real and staged, but this has a meaning to it. The band is sponsoring a charity called "War Child", to help children stuck in the middle of wars, and give them the comfort and safety that they need and deserve. For each download the single gets, the money given to the band will be donated to the foundation, and I think that it's a very great cause. So if you like this song, and you'd like to download it (I doubt anybody reads this, let alone even cares.) I'd advise you to do, and help donate to the charity. It'd really mean a lot, and would help a very great cause.
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