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When the music industry goes through a time of clear cut trends you either go against the grain, or go jump on the bandwagon.
At the moment, electro is one of the very genres which is being exploited to the point of monotony. Unfortunately, high quality bands who have tagged along with the fashion just don’t offer much more than we have already heard, and Freeland has been considered as one of these bands.
Freeland are signed to Marine Parade, a record label who boasts a whole host of new talent including Alex Metric and Evil Nine. The truth is, Freeland are a good band. They have catchy songs and do have their own unique sound. They are currently touring throughout the U.S and soon will be coming back to tour the U.K.
Freeland’s most popular song, Under Control, is a song which embodies everything the band represents: beats, rhymes, and electro synth. The Alex Metric remix of the song has proved very popular, and has even been played on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show. The song begins with a steady bass line and a stock drumbeat. We quickly recognize the importance of synthesised sound in the verse which initiates a range of electronic bleeps and buzzes throughout the song.
The chorus is somewhat disappointing and it feels as if the song has built up to
an anticlimax, but then we are hit with a cacophony of electro chaos involving a
vocal coder. Although apparently random and over the top, the electro sounds of the
song does throw Freeland out of the mainstream electro/indie band scene, and into
something a little more alternative. The contrast between the quite basic verse and
the co-
Its hard not to get to get bored of the mechanical, deadpan vocals of electro music, and Under Control is no exception. Some bands have successfully adopted their own style of electro which has lead to great commercial success such as Justice and MGMT. Freeland could just be the next big thing in the electro scene; they have their own style, they have catchy songs, and have put their music out there at the best possible time for an alternative band.
All in all, Freeland have got what it takes to compete with the majority of electro-
