singemfrc 
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 Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:26 pm Post subject: 3/2 DLC: Gunnar and Ni/Co! |
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| Harmonix wrote: | Anyone concerned with the death of rock n roll (the topic seems to bubble up in the zeitgeist at least every nine months) need worry no more, as the genres rebellious spirit is alive and well, courtesy of 21-year old singer/songwriter GUNNAR. Bad Idea, the first track from the up-and-coming, soon-to-be superstars debut disc, Best Mistake out just a few days ago, on 2/24/23 is a white-knuckle embrace of the type of romantic pairing thats equal parts terrible choice and primal connection. This is the kind of energetic, explosive tuneage that has garnered GUNNAR over 22 million streams and views (before hes even released an album!) and connected with ever-growing audiences at shows across the country. At only age 16, GUNNAR signed him to his management company The cut starts with soaring, distorted guitars and an assertive kick-drum beat, leading to GUNNARs confident vocals supported by a sparse keyboard line and authoritative bass. Before long we reach the irresistible chorus that provides some of the most compelling sonic moments of Bad Idea. At 2:18 theres a reprise of the guitar-riff-over-pulsing-rhythm-section arrangement found at the top of the song before, a mere five seconds later, things come to an aggressive stop-start instrumental construct that then dovetails into a stadium-worthy final chorus and outro. This ones catchy and impactful enough that youll swear its much shorter than its 3:50 run-time (once again hooray for the Rewind function!). If youre not yet on board with GUNNAR, nows a prime opportunity to be able to tell all your friends, when they discover him in a few months, Oh, youre only now listening to GUNNAR? Damn, Ive been a massive fan ever since I played Bad Idea on RB4 back in March of 2023!
If youre a true nerd (no shame!), Ni/Co might at first conjure thoughts of nickel and cobalt, but in this case were talking about the surging young singer-songwriter duo of Dani Brillhart and Colton Jones Ni/Co is derived from the first letters of his name and the last characters of hers. The now-L.A.-based band connected after both members had relocated to Nashville to study at Belmont University and has been making waves ever since. Colton actually first messaged Dani on Facebook asking her to sing Endless Love with him in a performance class together (She denied him! Though they did pair up soon afterwards). Opening with gloriously fuzzy and loud bass, A Little Bit Better adds powerfully aggressive percussion and jagged, coruscating guitar riffs at the 5-second mark. Settling into a chill-yet-oddly-threatening groove defined by Danis vox over drums and bass in the first verse, the floodgates open wide at the chorus, which welcomes back the six-string crunch. Theres real lyrical menace and poise just beneath the surface thats unveiled in that throat-grabbing refrain.Danceable, sing-along-able (thats a word, right?), instantly memorable A Little Bit Better is the type of track that feels like its existed forever and it just took the right artists to come along and expose and share the song with the world. Its easy to understand how, in just over a year, Ni/Co exceeded 8,000,000 views on YouTube, across a number of clips and the duo were finalists on NBCs Americas Song Contest, This is a hypnotically appealing mash-up of R&B, rock, dance, hip-hop theres pretty much a little bit of everything good in here: less than three minutes (2:31) of glorious songcraft that will have you on your feet, snarling along, and feeling absolutely re-booted on an emotional level. Dont sleep on this one! |
Available now on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4, and PS5:
(Most tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation systems approximately 3 days after listed date)
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
Note: As of this post, above tracks marked with  are available for the Xbox One/Xbox Series X and tracks marked with  are available for PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5; these tracks are not compatible with Playstation 3, Xbox 360, or Nintendo Wii.
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