"Your Side" by Fear of Men

While I do not have any idea whether the name of this very band rooted from androphobia, I do have some ideas on what kind of music these 4 young and brilliant people have been conducting, thanks to a spontaneous and lucky encounter with their Soundcloud feed. Well, say, artists could analystically see through the innate nature of the philosophy behind their songs, however, I'll make a clear step-by-step explanation for engineering students like me. Most of the time, you get to start off with a soothing tune, soft touches on strings, and an ambient environment that you keep walking around till the end. Then, it's already high time that a captivating voice prepares you to take off with rather stronger beats and then you are already taken away. That is called the incredible Fear of Men.

Their most recent album released in February 2013 is titled "Early Fragments" which seems to have a sculptural artwork as the album cover, with the previous 2 mini albums also having been released with similar artworks. Photos pertaining to historical remnants and other art-related stuff are always present on their tumblr page. Just recently, actually yesterday they played for free on an art show opening in London.  As you can guess, the context is kind of clear and pointing right to the fact that Fear of Men was actually born from an art project at college.

Al Horner, NME Magazine

As band's guitarist as well as vocalist, Jessica Weiss (pictured above) was doing her fine arts degree when she had to seek suitable ambient tunes for her short films. And luckily, she meets Daniel Falvey who is supposedly interested in the sounds Jessica had discovered in the process. The two began exchanging tracks and over time and not much time passes until this ambient style is converted into something more like electro-pop enriched with enthused vocals by Jessica, and with Daniel as guitarist as well as Michael Miles (drums) & Robyn Edwards (bass), Fear of Men turns out to be really productive when it comes to making music, having released 6 albums on various record labels since March 2011.

Without elaborating any further, I'd like to introduce my pick among their latest songs, which is called "Your Side". I've taken notice of how most critics tip "Born" or "Mosaic" to be the best one in Early Fragments, however, I strongly believe Your Side is the one in which the vocal skills seem to be most "unmatched" when compared to many other, rather more experienced bands, even though this one could be viewed as not as powerful as the other ones in the album. I hope you'll enjoy it.

They say being "modern" nowadays is something to do with role-playing. Having different roles in daily life, yet matching the motivation needed to overcome difficulties in each frontier. To simplify, you could think of a father who is also a boss at work, as well as inferior to his own boss, and of course who is a husband. Imagine that these people are having dinner at the same table and put yourself in the man's shoes and you'll understand what I mean - this could be a close resemblance of life. In this regard, I'll go ahead and praise Jessica for exemplifying the motivation many other people need these days, since she is an example of how any given person can reach their dreams in different areas without making a sacrifice on any of them, and perhaps, a stronger chance to combine them and use these skills interchangealby.
I was following Fear of Men before doing this post today, hence when this idea popped into my mind, I wanted to jump on the bandwagon and write about a brilliant band that is bound to achieve worldwide success in the near future.

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