Have fun. will travel
Imagine if musical love children existed in this world. Take the vocals and guitar work of Queen, the positive groovy feelings of the Beach Boys, add in world flavor a’la Vampire Weekend and for good measure the lyrical genius of Joe Strummer. That’s exactly what you’ll hear when you listen to fun.’s debut album Aim And Ignite.
The band was created by former member of The Format, Nate Ruess after The Format announced a split in 2008. Nate soon asked Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff of Anathallo and Steel Train, respectably, to join in his new project. The end result is something beautiful that indie-rock has not seen yet.
From the get-go the album’s first song, “Be Calm” starts off as a quiet beat and then turns into a theatrical symphony of sound. Throughout the album you get a great indie-rock sound that reminds you of the aforementioned Queen.
The album’s two singles, All The Pretty Girls” and “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)” take on the lighter, humorous side of rock and roll, and choosing your friends based on their musical genre of choice. fun. also shows their romantic side in “The Gambler” where Ruess sings about spending his life with the one he loves and without being overly sappy or dramatic; it’s a truly beautiful song without making you sick.
The guys in fun. have really put together a great album and one that’s remained relatively unknown in the music world to this point. So few “super-bands” can put out a quality album these days and it’s nice to see that in the indie world that bands like fun. can make wonderfully happy music while at the same time staying hidden on the pop music radar.
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