ehalcomb: Twenty-One Pilots: Unique Sound... But... || Music Analysis

I find Twenty-One Pilots to be a strange band. They have a mix of sounds and styles that you don't hear very often from modern pop music. One song will be a rap, others will have ukulele, and the rest are stereotypical pop. Some of those do all three! This is a really unique sound that, though I don't particularly like the two-man band, I can see why it has a large audience. And yes, all of these sounds are from the minds of two individuals. Maybe that isn't the best for the sound, though. It almost feels that one member wants to focus on pop sounds and rap, while the other wants to focus on natural sounds and the voice. Again, I personally don't find it very enjoyable but I can see why people do.

There are moments and certain songs that I truly like. For example, I don't like the lyrics and tone of voice of the song "Car Radio". I do, however, absolutely love the background sound and build up to the explosion of confused, frustrated, and emotional sound that happens at the climax of the song. I could honestly listen to a karaoke version of this song on repeat for a long time. The overall sound is very much clever and enjoyable. And then there's a song like "Stressed Out", which I appreciate on a totally opposite level of the previous song. I appreciate the lyrics and the chorus, but I find the background sound just... boring. Obviously I have very mixed reactions from most of their songs.

Not all of their songs have a similar effect on me. I find that the songs with heavy ukulele backtracks or the ones with a reggae feel to them. I particularly enjoy the more simple songs like "House of Gold". A song like this has a simple theme, simple ukulele and piano tracks, and clever lyrics. I enjoy this song and even took the time to learn the chords on my own ukulele! 

In conclusion, Twenty-One Pilots is only alright in my eyes. They have a good sound sometimes and sometimes they don't. Sometimes they have interesting and thought-provoking lyrics; other times they don't. They do have some songs that I enjoy though!

I thought Twenty One Pilots sounded good.