Awolnation

AWOLNATION, the eclectic brain child of Aaron Bruno’s multifaceted musical endeavours originally hails from California, having previously fronted Under the Influence of Giants, but to categorize and decipher where AWOLNATION fits in a specific genre would be both limiting and tricky to the sound of AWOLNATION’s debut EP, Back From Earth.

First single and track is Burn it Down, the floor filling and synthesised mash up of musical tastes gone to the extreme, it’s pretty clear Bruno likes his ears to party, and to party hard. It would be difficult to not shake it, but there’s a definite darker tone to Burn it Down, slithering and looming within the bass, waiting to pounce. Guilty Filthy Soul is a guiltless foray into pop at it’s dirtiest with its clean beats and solid chorus. Sail gleams as the stand out track, showcasing Bruno as a man taking more then just a stab in the dark at assaulting the ears of the chart pushers, whereas MF is the fun fuelled and electric laced track that might prove the most reticent with the disco masses.

With an air of Beastie Boys creeping through the beats and scrawling through various genres, (whether hip hop, rock, disco, pop or dance) it’s clear Bruno’s AWOLNATION hits those slick notes, his vast musical tastes tapped into what keeps the floors filled, and the kids happy. He’s also enrolled Sam Ronson on remixing duties and Wale are on board. So the question is, now he’s back from Earth, where to next for AWOLNATION?

TAGS: AWOLNATION, Back From Earth, Guilty Filthy Soul, Sail, MF, Under the Influence of Giants, Aaron Bruno, Sam Ronson, Wale, Beastie Boys