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They remind me a lot of The Postal Service. I like TPS but not enough to listen to their lovechild.
Edit: In fact, they remind me so much of TPS that I was convinced they were the same band when I heard that Fireflies song on the radio a couple times.
Rantz: Thank you, I love you. :3
Bunny: I still have never heard of The Postal Service. And I'm waaaaay too lazy to look them up. o:
TPS is pretty good and very similar. You should look them up if you're into this guy.
I like him pretty well on his own, but I'm not that into the female vocalist.
His voice is autotuned, which I'm not really big on but it(his voice) sounds ok without the tuning (I guess maybe he's just doing it for electronic effect...?). His lyrics are decent though and the Fireflies video is really nice.
The fact that he does all of it on his own is really admirable.
The singer of postal service is the singer of Death Cab for Cutie. So If you like those guys you'll recognize him.
My brother introduced 'Fireflies' to me. I like it a lot. He also suggested it'd make a good theme song for Tidus; he has a point.
I heard Fireflies on the radio tonight, finally knowing what the song was. I like it.
I only checked them out BECAUSE of seeing the title of this thread. I LOVE TPS, so I had to. And . . .
Eh . . .
It sounds like a MUCH more mainstream TPS. Too modern of synth sounds for my taste. I DO enjoy them, don't get me wrong, but . . . the sort of enjoy I feel guilty about afterwards. :P If only there was a LITTLE less production and the synths sounded more 8bit and less dance/house/trance . . . I would be in love.
There's are REALLY awesome band that's just starting out that is similar to TPS and Owl City.
Heyhihello on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads
SUPER GOOD music.
My favourite song so far is The Saltwater Room.
Edit: Or maybe Hello Seattle. :mymelrelaxed:
I literally just heard Fireflies before seeing this thread. It's not my cup o' tea.
I've sort of changed my mind. I just heard the self-released EP Of June . . . and I love it. I think I like him better with less production.
Oh, and I searched on youtube and found two adorable vids of a cute :ichigo: girl and her cute brother doing chipmunked fancy music videos:
YouTube - Hot Air Balloon by Owl City
and
YouTube - Vanilla Twilight by Owl City
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! :love:
oh my... they just completely ripped off The Postal Service. am i the only one who hears this?
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Originally Posted by guffman
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whaaat.
i think you are the only one who is hearing this. i think you're going crazy man.
whaaaaaat.
Oh yes, absolutely. We've already discussed the similarities between TPS and Owl City here. But, yeah, it's like a more mainstream pop version of TPS. Even down to the vocals. It's like he's trying his best to imitate Ben Gibbard or whatever TPS guy's name is.Quote:
Originally Posted by guffman
The hilarious thing is that in the interviews I've read Mr. Owl City totally dismisses any similarity at all. Hahaha. Yeaaaaah . . . surrrrre. If TPS never did what they did, Owl City wouldn't exist as such.
While I think it's totally okay to rip off a band/musician's style (especially if said band will never release new music again) it's a bit absurd to vehemently deny it.
I wouldn't say Owl City ripped off TPS, more like Owl City is a dumbed-down version of TPS.Quote:
Originally Posted by guffman
i'll buy that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boney KingI wouldn't say Owl City ripped off TPS, more like Owl City is a dumbed-down version of TPS.Quote:
Originally Posted by guffman