I don’t know about you, but lately I have been all about popular young adult alternative band ISSUES. I just can’t stop dancing to their infectious rhythms and catchy hooks! Obviously their greatest strength is ex-Woe Is Me singer TYLER CARTER, who is not only cute and blond, but also sings these parts with clean vocals and ur like “woahhh that’s crazy, a band with screaming AND singing clearly this is not ur average metalcore band!!” It’s like if Justin Timberlake fronted a djenty nu metal band, i.e. the greatest microgenre of music to ever be created.
When Tyler Carter is not onstage with Issues, dancing and passionately groping at himself, he also has some neat solo stuff worth checking out. Obviously this dude is an A+ RnB vocalist with some serious songwriting chops, so it’s good to know he’s already experimenting with some straightforward pop songs in case the whole rockstar thing doesn’t work out. This song is from 2011, and it’s a textbook dance track with kewl electro-y parts, tons of sex appeal and just the right enough of autotune to get every girl in the room dancing (even if they pretend to only listen to Backtrack and Integrity). Most of his songs on Youtube are modern RnB just like this, but there is one outlier…
This is from 2013 and I really don’t know what to think of it. Obviously the presentation here is dripping with tr00ness: screaming without guitars to back it up, angsty as fuck lyrics, the sad melody during the chorus, the whole “vocalists passionately singing their hearts out in a very dark studio” trope, etc. But then again, Tyler’s parts are still so smooth they can’t help but be catchy, not to mention that the song still has some crunchy riffs and a breakdown at the end. This is a hybrid of scene and tr00 to a degree heretofore undiscovered! If this song was its own band, they could be HUGE on tumblr: sexy enough to remind scene girls of their neon past, yet still dark/authentic enough that it could be in a playlist sandwiched between Defeater and Being as an Ocean.
What do you think?? Should TyTy focus on his aspiring RnB career, or maybe do some guest spots on Touche Amore albums instead??? Don’t you wish he would front a FTSK-esque powerpop band??? Fame over demise????