Musical Thursday: Twenty One Pilots

        Good evening, my nerds! Now today is a very special day, a real treat from me to you, well at least it is for me! The reason why this is a special treat is because I would like to talk about my favorite band, and I LOVE music. When I say I love music, I mean music touches a place in my heart nothing else could touch, it is sacred, it saves my soul. With that said I don't even share music with most of my friends because it is so dear to me, but you guys are special. So who are they, you may ask? They are, Twenty One Pilots.
        Twenty One Pilots is an American band with singer Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun. The band was formed in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio and has a rap-rock sound. Now I cannot stand any rap music, whether it is the derogatory meanings or the tone used I do not appreciate rap music, no offense to those who enjoy rap. Yet Twenty One Pilots isn't rap music, it is so much more. Josh sings/raps about what most teenagers, or anyone in that matter, can relate to. Every single song by Twenty One Pilots has meanings and metaphors left and right. As a starter, I would advise you to go on YouTube and find the song Car Radio. Josh sings about how his car radio broke so he just sits in silence as he drives in this, which reminds us all that sometimes it is good to take a break from all the chaos and the sound around us enjoy the peace of silence.
        Twenty One Pilots has three albums, released in 2009 Twenty One Pilots, released in 2011 Regional at Best, and released in 2013 Vessel. For beginners I would like you to listen to the songs on Vessel first because it has a more structured sound easy for your ears to catch on, something that will get you hungry for more. After that I would advise to progress backwards, so Regional at Best then last but not least Twenty One Pilots. Personally my favorite album is Regional at Best because I feel like I relate to the songs on that album most plus I love the sound given through the album. Unfortunately, Twenty One Pilots is not that well known (fortunately it is not overplayed for this reason) and Regional at Best is no longer on iTunes. Thank goodness for YouTube though, I found the entire album on YouTube but they are working fast to take it down so don't wait to look for it! I feel like this was rather short, hmmm. Surely I am missing something! I suppose this seems so short because there is no easy way to describe the art that Tyler and Josh create.
        This picture seen below is still a bit creepy to me, which may give off a bad first impression to you. I promise they are not creepy or overly weird though!

~Enjoy the listening.
        -Sarah