Bryan Scary is an artist that hails from the town of Scaryville, where he and his band the Shredding Tears work to create timeless piano driven retro pop with a slight macabre edge. These guys sound like what The Fever would have sounded like if they had been obsessed with timeless pop instead of jittery post-punk. The glam stomps featured on their Shredding Tears EP, are reminiscent of David Bowie and T-Rex’s early work with Beatles and Queen size hooks. The sound is expansive and airy but at the same time there’s a sinister feeling that prevents it from being a sunny day pop number. Like the tune, “Misery Loves Company”, that bounces along with a catchy piano riff but the vocoder and Air-like breakdown adds an ethereal extra element that will have you looking over your shoulder while you skip down the road.
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MP3 – The Shredding Tears – Desdemona’s Leaving Town
MP3 – The Shredding Tears – Misery Loves Company
