Filed under: Art, Music | Tags: Bon Iver, Johnny Flynn, Ohbijou, Songs of the Whoeek, Woo
I stumbled across the odd name Ohbijou in the list of showcasing artists at SXSW, but didn’t investigate much more past their tune Black Ice. Mr Jeff Hamada however bought their amazing fantastical video for New Years to my attention, and I’ve been since pitying the fool that is me for not listening to the beauty of this band. I would not stop at treating your ears to New Years- for the moment you fall into Mecijia’s vocals so lush, and hold out for the sound of instrumentation so tentative…you will be hooked.
If you too wondered the meaning behind the band name, an intriguing answer was supplied by Vocalist/Guitarist Casey Mecija.
“The name is from a moment I had with someone…I couldn’t quite describe it’s meaning. The moment was fleeting but was gorgeous.”
There is so much that we love about Mr Flynn. We could not wait to see him again after our first encounter at Cargo, and then yet more so on our second at the RFH. Already eagerly awaiting his new material, songs like the above has me lingering ever dangerously on tenterhooks and steadily (and readily) increasing the playcount of said video…
There’s not much to be added, except ever more praise so I’d simply suggest you click play as I am doing now, and away! Enjoy!
You’ve probably heard of Mr Justin Vernon and Bon Iver. Maybe then you’ve heard that unbelievably handsome voice of his. If you’ve subconsciously nodded twice there, then you’ll know of being enchanted into the beauty of his songs. Heart wrenching and melancholic they may be, but they are also irrisistable, and I can’t help but slip on my headphones for a while at 4am to hear his voice.
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