A sort of alternative-indie-pop piece from Direct Current to finish the day, with what I believe is his vocal debut! And as with me when I first tried singing on my own songs, it was pitch correction to the rescue. This two halves of this piece are sung from the perspectives of Shining Armor and Candance respectively; that duality is always a nice touch.
Misc
[LDB] BlueBrony – Filly Better Trot On By | Swing
Here’s something we don’t see often, some swing! With both traditional and electro-type influences, this is certainly a standout track from the LDB album if not the current brony music scene in general! Don’t just take my word for it, listen for yourself!
Zephysonas – Luna’s Future (Google Translate Parody Version) | Orchestral
Normally we wouldn’t post something like this, but after a day of intense LDB album posts, we thought perhaps a bit of comedic relief would be apt. Zephy finds out how Luna’s Future sounds when put back and forth through Google Translate several times, with… interesting results. Have this to finish off the day.
inb4 accusations of turning into EQD
[LDB] Homage McGee – Like Vinyl (ft. ForeverFreest) / Selv3dge – The Manehattan Trinity (ft. Melody Sky) | Rap / Hip-Hop
Moving onto the downright funky tracks from the new LDB album, we have Homage McGee and ForeverFreest (more like ForeverFreestyle! thanks to the PVFM chat for that one) up first with a swing-influenced hip-hop song. I’ve not heard Freest rap before but if this is his debut, he nailed it, and Homage always seems to have new genres up his sleeve.
Keeping with the rap vibe we have a new song from Selv3dge, a master of classic hip-hop as proven by his P@D works, featuring Melody Sky who seem to keep appearing all over the place in collabs with various artist spitting hot bars. I can’t get enough of this type of sound, we need more brony hip-hop, stat!
MC-Arch – The Vale | Rap / Hip-Hop
I suppose this is part of MC-Arch’s ongoing Butterfly series, a collection of songs about his life and his the influence Fluttershy’s character has had on him. His vocals keep on improving too; MC-Arch is really progressing as a musician!
Lycan Dese Beats – Beats Me 2! | Album | Multi-Genre
Just over a year after the release of their first compilation album, Beats Me, Lycan Dese Beats has released a new album, consisting of entirely new and exclusive songs by the musicians they usually feature on their show. Similar to the Ponies at Dawn albums, this album offers songs from a grand variety of artists, however, this album has a greater non-electronic influence that you might expect, perhaps more all-rounded.
You can download this from Bandcamp for any given price, and we’ll be featuring songs from the album as they’re released with an [LDB] label in the post titles.
Various Artists – King Mars – A Tribute | Album | Multi-Genre
3 months ago King Mars, a brony deeply connected with music and the fandom, sadly passed away from a heart attack. In the wake of this, Staccato Flame and Techoh set up a tribute album in his name, and 3 months later it’s finally ready. Gathering together a whole range of artists, this album of 24 tracks contains a whole variety of music.
This is actually the first of two albums from the King Mars tribute team. The second one is still open for submissions, so if you have a song you’d like to dedicate to King Mars, the information on that is on the MLR forums.
We’ll be posting tracks from this album as they’re released with a [KM] tag at the start of the title, like we did [P@D] for the Ponies at Dawn album.
Luna Jax – Regret | Acoustic
A mellow song with dark and haunting lyrics about Luna and her self-doubt, taken from Luna Jax’s recent album Somnia Equorum. Simple percussion and beautiful harmonies layer on top of this song and make this beautiful piece complete.
Zephysonas – Vinyl Class | Orchestral Pop
I don’t even know what to call this, but it’s definitely one of the more unique songs I’ve seen in the past couple of weeks! Go take a listen to this new song from Zephysonas which seems to be orchestral based around rock and pop patterns and structures.
A Symphony of Two – A Strange & Isolate Place, Part 1 (The Moon) | Orchestral
A Symphony of Two seem to put out an oustanding brand new piece of orchestral music every week without fail. This track seems to be the first part of a story they’re telling though music, and I’m intrigued to see where the rest of said story will lead…
