Just in Case

Artist-Miles

Song-Just in Case

Album-As Fast As You Can

The album cover of Miles’ As Fast as You Can is a picture of a highway at night. Lights are blurring past and the road stretches out ad infinitum. The sense of relaxed energy persuaded me to listen to the sample song listed on indie-music.com, Just in Case. The song would be the perfect song for a drive off into the twilight like that on the cover.

The song begins in way somewhat reminiscent to the keyboard sounds of Owl City’s Fireflies and it takes on a rock beat as it goes, filtering at times into sound effects that simulate the expansive feeling of nighttime driving. Rough vocals add a grittiness to the song, but they are female, making it just smooth enough to maintain a light feel.

The band, Miles, is a little-known independent band with music on independent websites. This song is an example of their light rock, almost jazzy feel, but they also have the more spunky Face to Face. It sounds more like a mix between The Fray and OK Go’s Here it Goes Again. It is a song that you could jam to in your bedroom at night, but it still maintains the bands characteristic feel.

This is a band that would fit perfectly in the libraries of music fans that appreciate meaningful lyrics as well as a contemplative feel to their music. Miles is not impossibly slow music, but it is upbeat just enough that one could relax and enjoy it while doing something else, and it would have a soothing effect. It is almost otherworldly in the peaceful effect it has, truly bringing its listener into the serenity of driving along on a scarcely lit highway, passing by the blur of bright lights.