My Ongoing Obsession with THRIVING IVORY

This is OVERDUE. Extremely. My obsession began midway through seventh grade and I begin ninth in about three or so weeks...

I LOVE THRIVING IVORY.

Who are they, you say? *GASP* They are the most amazing band ever. I'd say that they're Alt-Rock-ish. I can't find the genre on their Myspace page. Whatever. I know I'm right. They're an acquired taste, by the way. If you know them, you know what I mean, SAM. You can kind of see the band's personality through the group photos they take.




Now it's up to you to read the picture. I, personally, like to do that. I spend endless hours stalking Flickrs or looking in magazines at the models with angry expressions. If you don't, then just look at the pic, I guess. You have Drew, then Paul, then Clayton, then you have Scott, and then some dude I don't know with swoopy hair.

But, the thing I adore about them is their lyrics. I mean, I love that the most. They take brainpower and deep thought to decipher. The words are just GORGEOUS.

When burning bridges won't come down/Like symphonies without a sound/I spend these nights counting stars/And wonder if there's hope for me out there--Runaway

This is to one last day in the shadows/And to know a brother's love/This is to New York City angels/And the rivers of our blood/This is to all of us--Angels on the Moon

hey lady said i dont want to fight/like pretty girls need cowboys/i need you here tonight--Hey Lady

Like weeping violins, you tremble and you shake--For Heaven's Sake

*Lyrics from SongMeanings.net

I would go on, but then the whol post would be a bunch of lyric pieces.

I also love their piano bits in the beginning of songs like, Love Alone and Unhappy. Are they called loops? I think so. I don't know anything about the piano, despite the whole piano theme in CRAVED. (Which, by the way, if you didn't know, is my current WIP novel...Look in my archives for a couple teasers.) But, I love it.

They're a Vh1 You Oughtta Know artist...or band...or whatever.

I'm ever so sorry that I am not as daintily articulate as Scott (who is the main songwriter) is. Perhaps I simply was not meant to be devastatingly lyrical. Oh well.

But, you know, check them out on Myspace, on YouTube, (they're amazing enough to have a VEVO, BTW) Facebook or Twitter. Go buy a song on iTunes. Their new album Through Yourself & Back Again comes out next month, on the fourteenth. Their debut album is just called Thriving Ivory. But the cover is SO pretty. :)

Now, why are you still on this page? Go to various other pages I have mentioned. NOOOW!!!