I recently won the Harmony cd by Never Shout Never, pursuant to a a giveaway from One2One Network and I thought it would be a perfect fit for today
"Never Shout Never is a one-man band featuring Christofer Drew, a Missouri native whose songs straddle the border between emo and acoustic singer/songwriter fare. A product of the digital age, Drew originally built a fan base by posting his bright, soul-baring music to the Internet. After averaging over 15,000 online plays a day, he made Never Shout Never legitimate in 2008 by releasing his first recording, the Yippee EP. The Hot Topic clothing chain featured Yippee in its stores, and an appearance on MTV's TRL helped promote it. Several months later, Drew entered the recording studio with veteran producer Butch Walker to record an eight-song "mini album," What Is Love?, which cracked the Top 40 upon its release in early 2010. A slightly longer release, Harmony, appeared several months later." (from MTV website)
'Harmony' is the follow-up to Never Shout Never's critically heralded debut 'What Is Love?,' which bowed at No. 24 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, No. 2 on both the Alternative and Rock charts, No. 6 on the Digital Album chart, and No. 11 on the Internet album chart upon its release. The album was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig, who is best-known for his work with Green Day, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins.
Here's the video for Harmony:
Review: I had liked 'What is Love' and thought I would enjoy this cd as well, as I am all about acoustic music. This cd leans to the folk side and while I'm not opposed to that (at all, this cd just isn't me. I think the angst is more teenage driven and not as easily taken by us older folks, who had Pete Seger,Pete Paul and Mary and John Lennon, as angst driven lullaby singers! I think I may have expected too much, as this is really more like his Sophomore album and we all know how those can be.
The songs ARE catchy (see video above) , but in that 'I'm not paying attention to the lyrics, but am singing the chorus for some reason' way. The production is solid, and the music is really good. BUT just too not me, and not something I'll listen to over and over. NOW on the other hand, I know some teens that would be ready to kill me for saying anything bad, and they will probably LOVE this cd. So think of it as a potentially cool present from mom and dad, if you win it!
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"Never Shout Never is a one-man band featuring Christofer Drew, a Missouri native whose songs straddle the border between emo and acoustic singer/songwriter fare. A product of the digital age, Drew originally built a fan base by posting his bright, soul-baring music to the Internet. After averaging over 15,000 online plays a day, he made Never Shout Never legitimate in 2008 by releasing his first recording, the Yippee EP. The Hot Topic clothing chain featured Yippee in its stores, and an appearance on MTV's TRL helped promote it. Several months later, Drew entered the recording studio with veteran producer Butch Walker to record an eight-song "mini album," What Is Love?, which cracked the Top 40 upon its release in early 2010. A slightly longer release, Harmony, appeared several months later." (from MTV website)
'Harmony' is the follow-up to Never Shout Never's critically heralded debut 'What Is Love?,' which bowed at No. 24 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, No. 2 on both the Alternative and Rock charts, No. 6 on the Digital Album chart, and No. 11 on the Internet album chart upon its release. The album was produced by veteran producer Butch Vig, who is best-known for his work with Green Day, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins.
Here's the video for Harmony:
Review: I had liked 'What is Love' and thought I would enjoy this cd as well, as I am all about acoustic music. This cd leans to the folk side and while I'm not opposed to that (at all, this cd just isn't me. I think the angst is more teenage driven and not as easily taken by us older folks, who had Pete Seger,Pete Paul and Mary and John Lennon, as angst driven lullaby singers! I think I may have expected too much, as this is really more like his Sophomore album and we all know how those can be.
The songs ARE catchy (see video above) , but in that 'I'm not paying attention to the lyrics, but am singing the chorus for some reason' way. The production is solid, and the music is really good. BUT just too not me, and not something I'll listen to over and over. NOW on the other hand, I know some teens that would be ready to kill me for saying anything bad, and they will probably LOVE this cd. So think of it as a potentially cool present from mom and dad, if you win it!
The Giveaway
One Winner will win this review cd of Never Shout Never
(in brand new condition-listened to TWICE-includes inside art enclosure as well,
as seed packet !!)
(in brand new condition-listened to TWICE-includes inside art enclosure as well,
as seed packet !!)
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i have a couple friends that like this band!!
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My teen would love this.
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