Help me identify this band that surfaced a couple years ago

October 6, 2017 8:14 AM

I was recently reminded of a band (indie maybe?) that gained some prominence a couple of years ago. They had something of an orchestral emo sound. The one popular song I remember had two videos: one was set at a beachfront carnival -- maybe with a mixture of color and B&W? The other was alive performance that I want to say was in a church. Help?
posted by DrAstroZoom to Media & Arts (15 answers total)

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die ?

-is fairly recent
-definitely could be described as an "orchestral emo sound"
-definitely has a video of a live performance in a church (or building with church-like stained glass, at least); also, here's another one

-I haven't found a beachfront carnival video, though...
posted by mean square error at 8:43 AM on October 6, 2017

Bullet for my valentine - don't need you?
posted by speakeasy at 8:44 AM on October 6, 2017

ooh. or maybe my chemical romance or fall out boy. for some reason i think you might mean Panic at the disco
posted by speakeasy at 8:52 AM on October 6, 2017

Beirut's "Elephant Gun" sounds like that and the video has a beach and a carnival-ish party. Somehow I doubt that's it though.
posted by Beardman at 9:09 AM on October 6, 2017

Response by poster: All negative so far. :(
posted by DrAstroZoom at 10:01 AM on October 6, 2017

Beach House?
posted by gyusan at 10:07 AM on October 6, 2017

Was it for sure not My Chemical Romance? The first video sounds like it could be either Welcome to the Black Parade or maybe a misremembered The Ghost of You, and the church one sounds like it could be Helena.
posted by saladin at 10:37 AM on October 6, 2017

Is it Tindersticks' Lucinda?

(if it's not, it should be, because it is great.)
posted by Kafkaesque at 11:17 AM on October 6, 2017

Hozier's Take me to Church?
posted by beaning at 11:52 AM on October 6, 2017

Could be Future Islands with Seasons. It lines up vaguely enough with most of the details, and the Letterman set looks a little like a church.

Or maybe Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton -- Our Hell ?
posted by rollick at 1:04 PM on October 6, 2017

Wye Oak's Holy Holy? Live with some churchy curtains?
posted by otolith at 1:27 PM on October 6, 2017

Carney?
posted by Champagne Supernova at 2:41 PM on October 6, 2017

Or Carolina Liar? They definitely could fit the description.
Show Me What I'm Looking For was shot beachfront in front of the Santa Monica Pier.
I'm Not Over is a "live" concert venue.
posted by Champagne Supernova at 2:49 PM on October 6, 2017

Could it have been one of the chapel sessions from I Am Fuel, You Are Friends? These performances go back several years, but maybe--?
posted by MonkeyToes at 4:47 PM on October 6, 2017

I suggest checking out some of the Other Voices videos, as many of the live gigs take place in a church.
posted by Samarium at 6:02 PM on October 7, 2017