Los Angeles
Awolnation
Thursday, October 11, 2012 (8:00 PM - 2:00 AM) | 
Club Nokia 800 West Olympic Blvd Suite A335 Los Angeles CA
Goldenvoice & KROQ Present
Awolnation
with Imagine Dragons and Zeale
Awolnation
with Imagine Dragons and Zeale
Hit singles are great, but for every real artist the dream when they go into the studio is to make music that reaches people, songs that strike a deep chord and resonates with audiences well after the track ends.
For Aaron Bruno, the architect of white-hot new rockers Awolnation, hearing that his brilliant Megalithic Symphony has achieved that lofty ambition with anyone is the greatest reward of the success the band is enjoying now.
Theres a good amount of word of mouth stuff going on with this record where I meet fans after the show and theyre like, Oh man, I hadnt heard of you guys and my friend turned me on and its my favorite record in the last 10 years, Bruno says. People are saying stuff like that to me, which is obviously the goal and it blows my mind.
To make that connection you need two things, the first being a hit song that brings fans into the music. Awolnation has that with the unlikeliest of radio successes, Sail, a dark, infectious tale of angst with an unmistakable and unforgettable hook where Bruno wails at some point, Maybe I should cry for help/Maybe I should kill myself/So blame it on my A.D.D. baby.
As we said not a likely radio hit. In fact, Bruno is as surprised as anyone by the success of Sail. It has been charting and still climbing, but it was never intended to be a song that was on the radio, he says. I think I just struck a nerve in people and caused a visceral reaction with the sort of the nursery rhyme aspect of the melody and how simple it is.
The second ingredient for a lasting impression is originality, something that stands apart from the banality of top 40 radios and dares to speak to peoples true feelings, both musically and lyrically. Bruno has definitely done that with Megalithic Symphony, an album whose uniqueness is evident right from the ambitious title and carries on throughout the 14-song collection.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012 (8:00 PM - 2:00 AM)
Club Nokia 800 West Olympic Blvd Suite A335, Los AngelesCA