Her Name is Banks

Woah woah woah new blog post asap. I know that’s what you were thinking. Since there was that relatively huge gap between the last two, I knew I owed the world one sooner this time. So in the topic of music I’ve been hearing about an artist recently that you may have heard of too (if not, you’re welcome and you heard it here first). Her name is Banks (see what I did there…you’ll get it if you’ve heard of her) but actually it’s Jillian Rose Banks as I just found out. She goes by Banks though. Apparently she’s new to the music scene or at least the music scene that people talk about having played Coachella and Bonnaroo in the last year and also touring with The Weeknd in the fall of 2013.

Lately I’ve been seeing the name Banks pop up all over social media. To be honest, the first time I saw her name come up was after one of the folks I follow on twitter tweeted about her music a month ago. So I checked her out. She’s good. Believe me. There’s an electronic/alternative yet somewhat pop feel to her songs. If I had to compare her to anyone she definitely has that Lorde vibe, but that means she’s most likely the complete opposite. That’s generally speaking of course because she’s still pretty new to me. I don’t even have her album yet. Speaking of…her first album was just released about two weeks ago and she’s currently touring some small venues. From the looks of it those shows seem to be sold out too. You know what that means.

It seems like she’s blowing up. It also seems like I may need to purchase this recently released album. In the mean time, it’s your duty to check her out. Here’s the top 3 songs:

1. Goddess -Same as the album title. I just heard it about 2 days ago. It’s good. That’s all I can say.

2. Beggin for Thread -This was the song that I heard a month ago that hooked me. It’s initially catchy, but to really get hooked on it I’d say listen to it about 5 times.

3. In Your Eyes (cover) -I was looking up her music yesterday and came across this cover of Peter Gabriel’s famous tune. It’s so different from the original but I loved it. So if you like different sounding covers you’ll enjoy this but even if you don’t and you know the original song, give it a listen.