Music should always take you to a different world. It should transport you to a land that is free of anything that ruins your day. It should take you to a place where you can be free. Music should overwhelm you with its power and the feeling it gives you. Your favourite song is like a sacred object to you. You will never ever associate this song with anyone because they don’t deserve it.

On the flip side of this, music should creep you out and scare you. It should frighten you and freak you out. It should say the things you wish you could say, it expresses the things you struggle every single day to express. It’s a powerful force that none of us can ever and will never contain. That’s how it should be.

In 2005 Amanda Brown and Bethany Cosentino started a band called Pocahaunted, listen to them- they’re really good. Bethany is now in Best Coast and Amanda has a new project named, LA Vampires.

LA Vampires is dark and mysterious. Exceptionally captivating and chilling (not in a relaxed sense.) The tracks Amanda Brown did with Zola Jesus are a whirlwind of bliss and euphoria- it’s dark but at the same time uplifting. Not many can make it work, but here; it well and truly did. I love LA Vampires for the unapologetic, underground electro feel. When you listen to Make Me Over it honestly feels like you are walking into a seedy club in downtown LA surrounded by society’s misfits. It sounds like the ideal night out to be honest. At least you’d hear good music!

This isn’t the kind of music you play whilst going for a gentle stroll on a Sunday morning. This is the kind of music you play whilst on your own and in the dark. Spinning yourself round and round in circles, then you collapse in a dizzy manner on the floor- falling so freely into a dream. I double dare you to do this whilst listening to LA Vampires, but make sure you have a soft landing. I don’t want you to harm yourself in any way! The music LA Vampires creates sends you off into a beautiful dream- but not like Chillwave does. Do not call LA Vampires Chillwave, completely different vibe here, trust me.

So Unreal will have you closing your eyes and nodding your head throughout the song. Just play it again when it stops, it is so perfect. Amanda Brown makes music that sets you free. When you listen to LA Vampires, you get that Los Angeles feel from it. As someone who listens to a lot of bands from LA, I can’t actually put it into words- you just know when you hear it. I love being able to hear a place in music. It’s not always a bad thing when something sounds “quite LA.”

If you’re going to ignore LA Vampires, then you are a fool. It’s different and it’s what you need in your collection, there’s no doubt about it. If you love music that makes you feel like you’ve stepped into the unknown and you don’t want to go back from it, then give yourself over to LA Vampires; it’s for the best if you do.