The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Alcoholic Faith Mission

Alcoholic Faith Mission win the gold star for best band name and with Orbitor (Dec’14) they have a slow burner that opens up with vocals and synth then rachets up the tension to an epic all out scream into the unforgiving wilderness.

 

 

A song about seeking validation through social media, and the neurosis associated with it, Orbitor is a massive dark electronic monster. This brooding, painful song with a massive chorus is one of the best indie songs of 2015. No shit Sherlock.

“Ripping your flesh apart, ripping your flesh apart...

Hey! Am I good enough for you?”


 

Alcoholic Faith Mission are a Danish band from Copenhagen. Orbitor comes off their same titled fourth album Orbitor (Feb’15). Alcoholic Faith Mission describe themselves as indie, lo-fi and alternative. Obviously they took a change of pace on this album and embraced electronica.

Shit you need to know:

This commentator said of the tune Orbitor that it, “feels like a communal festival anthem waiting to happen,” and is, “the most dizzyingly infectious synthpop gem in years.”

Of the new album Orbitor this reviewer called it, “an album whose superficial singalong simplicity masks songs of belonging and rich ambition.”

This reviewer thought their sound has, “evolved into a thrilling, cinematic pop sound, nostalgic for the late 80’s/early 90’s.”

Alcoholic Faith Mission have been compared with Tears For Fears, MGMT, Tangerine Dream and Adam Ant.

Alcoholic Faith Mission have been vocal in big-upping Broken Social Scene as an influence but also mentioned significant others being The Most Serene Republic, Snowden, Animal Collective and Explosions in the Sky.


Other Alcoholic Faith Mission songs that don’t felch from dead men’s bums are Another You and Running With Insanity.

The dodgy double dip is another random. Stars are an indie pop rock band from Toronto, Canada. Trap Door (2014) is their biggest and bestest, an English indie pop sound-alike.