Owl City’s ‘Ocean Eyes’ soars

Owl City released the newest album, Ocean Eyes.

It was released under Universal Republic a division of Universal Music Group.

Before this album, Owl City released two other albums, Of June and Maybe I’m Dreaming.

Some of his major musical influences are electronic music, synth-pop, disco and new wave. It is able to be heard from this album.

Adam Young got Insomnia due to producing late night in his parents’ basement.

Owl City consists of only one member named Adam Young. He chose the name because it represents his hometown name.

To help to promote the album, Owl City released four promotional songs, including “Hello Seattle,” “Hot Ait Balloon,” Strawberry Avalanche” and the lead single “Fireflies,” which is played on the radio.

The producers of the album are Adam young, Steve Bursky, and Matthew Thiessen.

The album covers the genre of synthpop. It contains 12 songs in it with feature artist of Matthew Thiessen and Breanne Duren.

The first single that released to promote the album was “Fireflies.” It was written and produced by him.

The song does give a childhood like and care free feeling. The song started with a effect that accompany with some bell like sound effects.

In the later part of the song, it accompanied with strings instruments and simple piano chords as background music. In the chorus, the volume tends to increase with soft drum beats.

A music video has been produced for the single. The video was directed by Steve Hoover. It started with Adam Young sitting on a piano synthesizer, when he started playing it, toys started to come to life.

At the end of the video, he stopped playing the piano and so do the toys.

The second official single is Vanilla Twilight. It was both produced and written by Adam Young.

Beginning with some simple piano synthesizer chords the track later builds with the addition of other effects and soft beats. The track has a slower tempo compared to its first single.

The track has a peaceful and yet interesting rhythm in it.

“Dental Care” is a rather unique track. It actually talks about his experience with his
dentist, stating that he visited the dentist pretty often.

While “Hello Seattle” introduces the artists’ perception of the city.

The track titled “Sunburn” is also featured in the Soundtrack of TV Show 90210.

This album offers a new sound of synth and pop. It is slightly different to the conventional pop songs.

Personal experiences are included in lyrics like, the meteor shower and the tip of the iceberg is related to the changing of seasons.

“Fireflies” moves on about the calming atmosphere of night-time.

The lyrics are original with their rhymes and chords, and the virtual sounds with electronica illusions add to the magnitude of the album.

This album is definitely reocmmended for those interested in pop and indie music.