Free and Legal Downloads? Yes, at least temporarily. Bands often temporarily permit free downloads of their releases.The end of an offer may be based on the expiration of a set period of time or on a limited number of downloads.But at least for now, here are songs that qualify as Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) downloads.
Finding songs that can be legally downloaded is easy. The difficult task is to find legally downloadable music that we recommend. Our plan is to post at least one FL&R song each Friday/Saturday.
NOAH is a singer/songwriter from Hood River, Oregon. His last name is Tauscher. While he identifies Bon Iver, Fleetwood Mac and The Lumineers as influences, our comparison is to Ben Howard.
MANE is the performance name of Paige Court of Adelaide in South Australia. In talking about her latest single:
“’Chasing Butterflies’ is about relentlessly searching for that feeling of excitement in something or someone over and over again, it’s about loving to love but getting bored really quickly, it’s about self-evaluating your behaviour and pain but wondering whether or not you’ll do anything about it to help yourself - it’s about being a bit fucked up.”
Oskar Braves’ lyrical commentary on social media is well timed. Currently, the CEO of Facebook is making television appearances to apologize. “Discover” is unconcerned with data harvests and leaks, instead shining a light on the potential impact of basing your perception of self-worth on regular visits to social media sites.
The rhythm section in “Discover” is never shy or introverted, but becomes more assertive as the song progresses. Following a dream state bridge, the percussion explosively rolls its way to the forefront (at 3:08), leading a forceful charge that lasts until the final seconds of the track. Similarly, the guitar wails and wanes are more pronounced in the later stages of “Discover.”
In discussing “Discover,” Oskar Braves stated:
The song derives from people using social media as a platform to project a life which doesn’t reflect their true existence. “Twitter famous” or “Instagram famous” personal highlighting how good their life is to the masses of followers when in reality it might not be the case. The song also dips into the effects social media has on the everyday user. The lyrics “sleepless nights, one eye shut and refresh” optimizes this idea. We’ve all been there, the constant refreshing of pages to see what pointless posts are being written, not wanting to miss a shred of meaningless information which in turn will have no effect on you whatsoever. The chorus is a call out to people take everything on social media with a pinch of salt. Don’t get too caught up with the so called “famous” interweb stars, their life is not better than yours. We are all equals in the real world.
Oskar Braves is a Scottish band hailing from Dunfermline, Fife. The members are David Stevens (vocals), Grant Allan (guitar), Conor Young (guitar), Connor Marnie (bass), and Andrew Davidson (drums). “Discover” was written by Grant Allan.
"Discover" was recorded and produced by Michael Brennan Jr (Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals) at Substation in Rosyth, Fife. The song was mastered by Pete Maher (U2, Noel Gallagher, The Great Gatsby), while the video is the work of Rory Cowieson.
Affirmative and uplifting – “I’m Alive” is the right song for an eventful day, such as a birthday shared by multiple friends. “This life, it happens fast; I’ll enjoy the time in this hour glass.”
Layup is the collaboration of singer Chris Henderson, and producer Chad Copelin. “The name came about because we are both super competitive at everything we do. So having a sports name of sorts, was intentional. But at the same time, we want our music to be easily understood and digestible. So we figured, what’s easier in sports than a layup?” says Copelin.
