Music Is My Weapon

About two years ago I was introduced to a great band by the name VNV Nation by my girlfriend Katie (who is also an editor of this Blog). From the First time I listen to them I was in love. There music is like no other and speaks to people of all kinds. The music is not just danceable but also uplifting and inspirational. The song Airships is the best song by them in my eyes. The music itself is on a level like no other song by them, and the lyrics just won me over from the first lyric

I pressed my face against the glass,
smiled as my breath made some pattern or other, The world beneath unfurled before me like a sail, glinted in gold from this rich dawn sky Awaiting the ship they had told me would come, quietly anticipating that which was to come.)

I have spent many nights listening to this song and really trying to understand what they are talking about. I believe that it something of a song that talks about passing away and waiting on your spirit to leave your body and go to heaven. Since the afterlife is something that is unknown he speaks of it like he is just waiting for the unknown. I could be wrong but I also think the leave it for everyone own interpretation.

But I think if you have not heard of this band and want a breath of freshness in your music collection then please support these guy and buy there cd’s and if you get a chance go see them in concert. Here is a little back ground information on the band that is VNV Nation.

VNV Nation is an electronic music group originally from Dublin and London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. Earlier works also include some electro-industrial influences. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson. The "VNV" in the name stands for Victory, not Vengeance, in keeping with the groups' motto, "One should strive to achieve; not sit in bitter regret."

The group's first album, Advance and Follow, was released in 1995. This was a mixture of danceable synthesizer melodies and harsh electronic beats firmly in the tradition of middle-era EBM, supplemented with elements of orchestral music. Their next release, 1998's Praise the Fallen, continued largely in this vein, and they began to enjoy a larger degree of commercial success.