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Brick + Mortar Analysis

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Brick + Mortar has varied tracks bursting with energy accompanied by straightforward lyrics that comment on society mixed with personal experiences. Their music is urban indie alternative with a punk vibe. The closest sound to Brick + Mortar would be the catchy chorus form Imagine Dragons or Sir Sly mixed with the darker punk of the The Neighborhood.
“It’s a crazy dynamic between the two of us, since we are so different,” said Brandon. The duo of Brandon and John started a making instrumental electronic music then shifted to alternative rock. Brick + Mortar is coming off the blistering energy of Bangs the new EP Dropped is a journey to even better music. Their songs are untraditional ranging from dark drum heavy to softer summer songs. Unfortunately, …show more content…

The track “Brighter Than the Sun” is new song. The song is about expressing what it feels like to be a youth in America and trying to fit in with a society of people who just “wanna go faster, faster, faster, until you burnout.” The song is cynical towards corporation’s absolute power, yet the song is catchy with a fast beat. The line of “were not driving, were just hitching a ride,” is repeated in the chorus to show how people are just going with the rapid pace of life which questioning authority or companies. Then the protest song shifts to be very direct at the end “the whole world now we can barely service, were not driving were just hitching a ride.” The track is heavy yet energetic that drives the song at a fast speed which encompasses the punky vocals which is similar to the duo’s past songs of “Locked in a Cage” and “Bands” from their last EP …show more content…

Train which is the soft side of the spectrum for the EP. The track starts with soft piano and leaves each listener with a relative high school romance feeling. The music video is a great love song which so many people can relate to about the feeling of wanting to run away fro tour love. The music video embodies this idea, by acting out over 16 different famous movies scenes of love from Titanic, It's a Wonderful Life, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Dirty Dancing, and American Beauty. This is a different path from Brick + Mortar from their movie like videos for Bangs and Locked in a Cage, which are full of blood, violence, and real dark themes. The music video for “Locked in Cage” features Brandon trying to escape from a mental induction, and “Bangs” is about is a short film of a crime about kidnapping, toured, and stealing. The other side of the spectrum is songs like Dark Skies and Brighter than the sun. Brighter the Sun is as far as one can get away from romance as it is a protest song against society and

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