If you’re anything like me, you probably started the day by recognizing the start of a new work week had indeed arrived and then immediately began shaking your fists at the sky in anger. Monday is rarely anyone’s favorite day, and from what I have seen firsthand it feels safe to say it’s the one day of the week some people outright hate. I guess to them the arrival of the work week symbolizes the end of their quote/unquote freedom, and as a result they head into the office/factory/restaurant/store with a negative outlook already on their mind. This leads to bad attitudes, which only makes the experience of being at work worse, and for some reason it also seems to make time slow to a crawl. We’re not about that life, and we hope this post can do the same you that the song contained within it did for us.
A lot of people believed 2014 would be the year of PVRIS, and in many ways it was: The band charted around the world with their breakout single “St. Patrick,” they single-handedly ushered in a new era of pop-friendliness for their label Rise Records, as well as a new audience to the world of female-fronted alternative rock, and they were one of the biggest stars of the long-running traveling music festival known Vans Warped Tour. There are numerous accomplishments and accolades that could be added to that list, including the release of the band’s incredible debut album, but suffice to say last year was a good year to be a fan of the biggest band to ever call Lowell, Massachusetts home.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say 2014 was merely the teaser for everything that has happened and will continue to happen to PVRIS over the course of 2015. Having now solidified themselves as a alternative force to be reckoned with in the worlds of both pop and rock, the band recently completely a stateside headlining tour that was praised from coast to coast. They’ve also appeared at some of the biggest festivals around the world, and can currently be found once again appearing on Vans Warped Tour, albeit to immensely larger crowds. The band even released a new song, a cover of Sia’s hit “Chandelier,” this past weekend. You can stream that track above.
There is never a time when a music writers likes to admit they missed the initial bandwagon on a popular band, but that is certainly what happened with me and the rise of Pvris. Their name was one I heard in conversation with industry friends both online and in real life for the better part of a year before I actually took the time to check them out. It wasn’t until I heard “St. Patrick” pouring through the open window of a car driven by college kids with seemingly no grasp for the rules of the road on Storrow drive in Boston that I actually made it a point to see what all the fuss was about. The hook stuck with me, despite having heard it through the stereo in a car I was in while driving over 40MPH through the city, and isn’t the sign of having discovered something truly special in the overwhelming world of up and coming music then I don’t know what is.
If you haven’t taken the time to stream White Noise, the full-length debut from PVRIS, then I highlight suggest you do so in the coming days. This band could be where Paramore is today in just a few years, if not bigger, and right now they are doing everything a band trying to navigate the often treacherous waters of the modern music should be in order to ensure a long a successful career. They’ve made a name for themselves on being unique, and that is what we should all aim to do in our own individual careers. Be yourself, always.
