Local Song Pick #5: The Red Velvet- Above the Clouds

This is part of a series where I pick out a song from the Tri-State area and tell you as much as I can or feel like telling you about it. More importantly, I will only post something if I can in some way provide you with the means to hear it.


The Red Velvet are a group of radio-friendly rockers with a sound easily swallowed by a mass audience. However, their tunes are actually quite unique to the area and really stand out against a lot of the typical fare offered in the Tri-State.

"Above the Clouds" doesn't fail the bands typical typeset of driving, harmony based modern rock. The harmonies on "Clouds" though, seem to offer up an almost haunting quality to the vocals on the track.

The instrumentation on the track is perfect for it's genre. It fits neatly into a package and doesn't distract you from really getting into singing the catchy and repeatable line of "get your head above the clouds."

The band doesn't list any influences on their MySpace page, but I think this is something for fans of bands like Breaking Benjamin, with a little more of an indie twist. This song is really the only track that sounds like that, the rest of the album is a little more experimental. This track is definitely not the best of Red Velvet, but it may be the most accessible.

The bottom line on this song is that it is catchy and fun. The song offers a great opportunity to get into a great band, The Red Velvet. I love a lot of bands and the kind of music offered by Velvet is not my favorite, but I feel like they are making music that has a broad appeal with a lot of potential for success. That said, give the song a listen on the new music player, just for so

Herald-Dispatch Tri-State Music Scene Song Picks of the Week Music Player

Past Song Picks