Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt | BoxSpeaker Music Blog

This entry charts the progression of what for all intents and purposes essentially was a relationship. It begins with the excitement of something new. The phone calls. The text messages. The concerts. The late summer nights. The jokes. The kisses snuck around corners. The photobooths.

Then it moves on to the confusion. The fights. The silence.

The denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression.

Then finally, acceptance of what for all intents and purposes essentially was the inevitable, eventual, drawn-out end.

I was in love.

These are my feelings. In order. From beginning to end. August 2010 to March 2011.

Progression:

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“Starstrukk” by 3Oh!3 (feat. Katy Perry)

“Teenage Dream” by Katy Perry

“Little Secrets” (Penguin Prison Remix/Cover) by Passion Pit

“Ride Frindship” by Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt

“Diet Mtn Dew” by Lana Del Rey

“Fake Empire” by The National

“USA Boys” by Health

“Cuddle Fuddle” by Passion Pit

“Your Visits Are Getting Shorter” by Bloc Party

“Soft Shock” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“Just Didn’t Need to Know” by The Shivers

“Just a Friend” by Biz Markie, covered by Lissy Trullie

“Naive” by The Kooks, covered by Lily Allen

“Hope You’re Happy Now” by The Sounds

“For Reasons Unknown” by The Killers

“When I’m Small” by Phantogram

“You Know You’re Not Dead” by Broken Records

“Dry Your Eyes” by The Streets

“So This is Goodbye” by William Fitzsimmons (Pink Ganter remix)

“Starstrukk” by 3Oh!3, cover by Marina and the Diamonds

When you hear “[ride friendship.],” you will think “it is like Broken Social Scene but on coke. Yes, that is exactly what you will think because I am you, and you are me.

If you listen to them, you will realize that the previous paragraphs is 99% perfect, with the missing 1% attributed to the fact that the second sentence is actually a run on.

Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt is one of those bands that you cannot, should not, must not feel content with only listening to on the radio/computer/Myspace/etc. You have to go to their shows to get the full effect.

What are you missing out on by just listening to them while sitting at home or in your car?

The light up snow men. The Christmas lights. The box of costumes. The sax player in a kangaroo suit. The huge blanket lined with lights used to envelope the crowd as it is told to belt “YOU MAKE MY HEART EXPLODE!”

THE PARTICIPATION.

If Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt were a mass media/communications term, they would be actually be a sentence that involved “convergence,” “participatory culture,” “synergy,” and “web 2.0.” They really change concert-going from a technically passive internalizing of a music event to a forty-five minute indoctrination into the new style of fan involvement.

The singer does not even stand on stage. In fact, he is in the crowd actually telling everyone to come closer, to leave no empty space between itself and the adventure.

Click here to start your road to a complete experience of them.

P.S. How could you NOT want to see a band with “Pigeon” and “Dance” in their name?

P.P.S. Can I have my media studies degree now, please?