Thank you Thursday #1 | Gabe & Sunny
November 7th, 2013 by Daren DLake | Album/Mixtape/EP Review, Alternative/Indie, Hidden Gem, R&B |
INTRO
Thank You Thursday is a random Thursday (ie; whenever I feel inspired to write) note to just thank an artist for creating something. That could be a song, an album, a video, poetry, or even visual art. It’s just a “hey thanks for doing something cool and contributing to the artistic society. I really appreciate it”. There will be no hate or negative criticism from me in these notes. There will also be no “coulda woulda shoulda” from me. I feel as though art gets judged too much like a test. Especially independent music by mostly unknown artists. It’s hard enough being a nobody artist :cough: ME :cough: and to have your friends, family, and music associates tell you that you need to do this that and the third doesn’t help. How about we just celebrate artists for doing some cool ass shit and say THANKS!
MY BACKGROUND
I have always wanted to review albums but felt that since I was a musician it was “Wrong”. Yup, got over that shit quick. I love listening to music and dissecting it just as I do creating and producing it. I especially love when music is interesting, creative, and original. I really don’t care what genre it is as long as it has “BALLZ”. What are “Ballz” you may ask? BALLZ are kind of this x-factor that a song, artist, or album has. It’s what seperates it from the norm. There are certain pop songs and pop artists that have BALLZ too. An example of an album with BALLZ (just my opinion y’all) would be Kanye West – Yeezus. You have either heard it or heard about it. You either love it, hate it or give zero fucks. But, this album has some serious juevos. It just really doesn’t care at all. An example of a pop song with BALLZ (just my opinion y’all) that came out this year would be Taylor Swift – Trouble. Extremely damn well done. I mean from the production to the lyrics, to the composition to the arrangement. It’s just has this edge to it even though it’s catchy as fuck and straight up pop (can you get anymore pop than Taylor Swift?!). 
But those are mainstream artists. This note is exclusively for the BEFOREBIGS blog which means that they have to still have some underground cred to their names and well… be unknown to most people. So with that I’m going to give a huge thank you to GABE & SUNNY’s album “FREE CANDY”. This album has some serious BALLZ. Gabriel Niles (who is a long time music friend and collaborator) freaked the shit out of this project. He somehow combined dream pop, indie shoe gaze, hip hop, and electronic music into this pretty much genreless (or too many genres?!) work of art. I think I’m on listen 10 or 11 of the whole album but as with most thing, this shit ages with time. The creativity lies within how you don’t know what is a sample and what was played. The originality factor is within the lack of a defined genre but you can hear every genre that he is pulling from, and the interesting credit goes to how well he utilizes Sunny’s vocals. They are sparse at times, and very in your face at other times. This is one of those albums where you can actually hear and feel the producers executive reach and power. This is the type of album that I strive to make when collaborating with other like minded artists. I wouldn’t say I’m jealous but I’m quick to say that this album is a huge inspiration and wake up call to me that anything can be done. Stream Free Candy below.
So again, THANK YOU mr. Gabriel Niles and Mrs. Sunny Gicz (and a secret shout out to Ced Hughes) for blessing the interwebz with your creation. I could have written another 5 pages and broken down each song but you know what… I’ll let the cool people that read this do that for themselves.
Til the next Thursday that I feel like being Thankful
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