His Name is Alive
One of my favorite albums of the last year has been His Name is Alive’s XMMER. His Name is Alive is the work of Warn Defever, an eccentric if ever there was one, who does the song writing and most the instrumentals. As David Bowie remarked, HNIA feature a sort of “70’s singer-songwriter vibe”, but coupled with a heavier bass line and more electronics than you’d expect to hear from that type. I found the band through their song “How Dark is Your Dark Side?”, played on the radio and then over and over again when I finally found the mp3. I bought the album soon after, feeling that any band who could produce music as ethereal and beautiful as this deserved my $10. I wasn’t disappointed; in fact, the song I present now from the album was worth the money I paid on its own:
Don’t think, though, that having this song excepts one from having the rest of the album. It is a beautiful album that I’ve loved putting on in the background while I do homework or wake up, staring at the ceiling, thinking my muddled morning thoughts. Get it from Amazon’s mp3 downloads (by far the best online non-subscription distributor of digital music) or, better yet, get it on vinyl. This is truly an album that will be made even better by vinyls warm sounds. Also, go to His Name is Alive’s website to grab a free EP or Remix album.
Isn’t the digital distribution of media wonderful?
