The Airborne Toxic Event's sophomore album All At Once was just released in Europe and will hit the North American shelves [digitally & physically] tomorrow [26th]. These guys are legit. The lead singer and the main songwriter, Mikel Joliett, not only has a unique voice... but his carefully crafted lyrics leave you in their wake speechless and heart pounding. They've got so much depth. I thought, "He must either be a brilliant writer or has gone through a hell of a lot to be able to communicate heartache so well... the kind that scars, leaving a lasting-not totally healed reminder of a grief thats changed you... not the emo 8th grade kind." So I looked up his story and apparently I was right on both counts. He's a writer and essayist and has written for the like of NPR, the LA Times, Filter, and Men's Health to name a few. Not to mention his short stories appeared next to Stephen King. During a week in March of '08 he underwent a break-up, learned his mother had been diagnosed with cancer, and was himself diagnosed with a genetic autoimmune disease that led to the development of two cosmetic conditions: Alopecia Areata and Vitiligo. Enter acoustic guitar and the birth of intense songwriting.
The heaviness of his lyrics and the emotion embodied in his music will take you back to those moments in life that have left their mark on you... or they might find their way to your heart, freshly bleeding.
Ahh, music... the power you hold amazes me.
Their newest album is filled with all the ingredients that makes us love music... you'll laugh, cry, pump your fist... it has 'that one acoustic track' that some of us always skip to first, the power ballads, roadtrip songs, and a couple anthems.
I think one thing we can learn from him and a thought I want to leave you with is...
"Experience is not what happens to you. It's what you do with what happens to you."
-Frey
Numb by The Airborne Toxic Event
All For A Woman by The Airborne Toxic Event
Changing by The Airborne Toxic Event
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