Floatin over the black top

The first time I heard of the band Free Energy, it was on another blog, The Hood Internet. It was one of the bands songs mashed up with a song by Drake, whom I am not a particularly large fan of. However the beat just fit so well it was hard to ignore. I thought that would probably be the last I heard of Free Energy for a little while. A week or two later it seemed they were everywhere, they were featured on the Pitchfork home page, followed by being put on to DailyBeatz's Blogwave Summer mix. I delved in to the band a little more.

I'd say I'm not in love with their music, but when I heard "Bang Pop," I was struck. This was an honest to goodness Weezer sound-alike. Not that it is a bad thing, but I do find it interesting. As similar as the two bands sound, I cannot say it takes away from the bands sound. For the most part they sound pretty tight, and "Bang Pop" off of their freshman album, Stuck On Nothing which just recently came out. All in all, there isn't really much to say about this song, other than the fact that if you like Weezer you will certainly have an eerie feeling when you listen to this. Could it be the second coming? Just for posterity, I will also post the Drake mashup.


"Bang Pop" by Free Energy from Stuck On Nothing (2010)

"This Shit Was (All I Know)" mashed up by The Hood Internet (2010)

-S