Spring Break
Electronic-based PlayRadioPlay look break onto national scene
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Brian Washburn
Issue date: 4/28/08 Section: Life & Style
"[Touring] has been great," Hunter said. "We recently did a tour with Yellowcard and they were selling out theaters and the crowds were great. It's always best to play to 1,500 people who have never heard of you. That's my favorite thing to do, and to look on people's faces when the programming comes in and see the huge computer on stage. It's not typical."
Hunter is right, though. PlayRadioPlay's music is not typical. What was once a one-man, computer-based band has now evolved into a full sound featuring all instruments and a live show which even differs from the sounds of the record.
"Live, we make a lot more noise and sound a lot fuller than we do on the record, and a lot of people who have listened to us every night and then go listen to the record say we even sound better live," Hunter said.
This fuller sound which Hunter is talking about differs from The Frequency EP he released last year. In fact, the full instruments mixed with the computer-based programming on Texas can even enable fans to take a bit of a break from comparing the band to another electronic band in the scene - The Postal Service.
"I think there's an art to blending the two, the full band sound and the computer based," Hunter said. "I feel more out of touch when it's all computerized. It's a lot more natural to blend everything in there. There's a lot of diversity in the music, between the soft and hard sounds and the programming. The best way to find out what it sounds like is that you just have to listen to it."
Final Thought: This school year has finally come to a close. However, while the campus will thin out, the summer job market will be flustered and gas prices will probably soar, but the music will not stop. And neither will these fun little music columns. Be on the lookout, late June/early July 2008, for www.thisisbrianwashburn.com.
Hunter is right, though. PlayRadioPlay's music is not typical. What was once a one-man, computer-based band has now evolved into a full sound featuring all instruments and a live show which even differs from the sounds of the record.
"Live, we make a lot more noise and sound a lot fuller than we do on the record, and a lot of people who have listened to us every night and then go listen to the record say we even sound better live," Hunter said.
This fuller sound which Hunter is talking about differs from The Frequency EP he released last year. In fact, the full instruments mixed with the computer-based programming on Texas can even enable fans to take a bit of a break from comparing the band to another electronic band in the scene - The Postal Service.
"I think there's an art to blending the two, the full band sound and the computer based," Hunter said. "I feel more out of touch when it's all computerized. It's a lot more natural to blend everything in there. There's a lot of diversity in the music, between the soft and hard sounds and the programming. The best way to find out what it sounds like is that you just have to listen to it."
Final Thought: This school year has finally come to a close. However, while the campus will thin out, the summer job market will be flustered and gas prices will probably soar, but the music will not stop. And neither will these fun little music columns. Be on the lookout, late June/early July 2008, for www.thisisbrianwashburn.com.
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