A bit of a departure

Man, I am totally getting 'soft' in my 'old age'.

For the longest time, anything 'melodic', or 'indie' just didn't jive with me. I was dying for some distortion, some downtuned powerchords, at least some vocal oomphf.

Now I am finding more and more bands who fall under the indie or folk/pop rock category who I not only don't mind, but actually REALLY like.

Last year I discovered Hellsongs, a swedish trio that covers heavy metal songs as folk/pop tunes (and in many cases I like their covers more than the originals).

Now? I've discovered Pomplamoose. They sound pretty much exactly as you'd expect them to with a name like that. And while their hipster image still kinda bugs me, dammit I can't stay mad because their music is just super.

I am actually less interested in metal these days (basically sticking to what I already know, and only occasionally getting into something new), and have been enjoying alot more of this mellow stuff.

Makes me wonder though, if metal heads soften up like this, what happens to people who start with this stuff? I don't know too many people who start listening to heavier stuff as they get older, and I can't imagine the hipsters are going to ditch their quirky pop-folk for some hard edged alt rock...

I guess they will just keep listening to all the indie/hipster music, and admittedly, I think there's probably a much larger ratio of "good" indie/folk rock up and comers than there are good metal up and comers. Hell, just went through my music library today to seek out some music to take to work and I have ALOT of stuff in here that's average at best. I don't like alot of the indie music I hear, but that's more because I am not overly fond of that style than the bands not being good.

So go check out Hellsongs and Pomplamoose. You won't be disappointed.