極光樂團 (Aurora)

熱門歌曲 簡介

Based in Taichung City, and led by Scottish singer-songwriter Alan McIvor, Aurora is an eclectic rock/pop ensemble whose moody, atmospheric sound, along with McIvor's absorbing vocal delivery take the listener on an emotion-fueled journey as he effortlessly flows from angelic falsetto to guttural screams, silky R&B, and angst-filled raps. Backing McIvor are veterans of Taiwan's exploding indie scene: Wade Davis and Peter Holmes (of .22), and electric banjo wielding Sean Mulvihill.

At the heart of it all are the songs -- as catchy as they are emotive, with seemingly endless hooks of anthemic quality, and probing lyrics that express in high doses the extremes of joy, rage, tenderness, love, despair and beauty.
Together since the fall of 2009, Aurora has played an array of prestigeous gigs, including some of Taiwan's premier music festivals. They drew an ecstatic crowd at Taiwan's longest running music and arts festival, Spring Scream, rocked the mainstage at Rock in Taichung, went stripped-down and acoustic for Hengchun Internaional Folk Music Festival, as well as having been winning over fans show-by-show at pubs, univeristies and indie-music events across the island.


First album: Blacka Rose
1) Blacka Rose
2) A little lost
3) Talk of the Town
4) You are Handsome and You are Beautiful
5) Poppy Red
6) Friday
7) Love, Love, Love
8) Battles
9) Your Aura is my Sunrise
10) X-Marks the Spot (intro)
11) X-Marks the Spot
12) A little found
13) For you Katie
14) Happy

Description of Blacka Rose the first album:

Aurora's debut CD, which evolves from track-to-track to include flourishes of ultra-accessible pop refrains, progressive, hard-hitting emo-rock, folk-driven balladry, hip-hop, electronica, ambient soundscapes and even world-music - all the while retaining their signature and unmistakable sound.

Second Album: Kinda Fallen
1) Kinda Fallen
2) Till my Heart, Till your Heart
3) Even When High
4) The Devil's Hiding in my Side Pocket
5) Daylight
6) Thus I Spaketh
7) Let it be Heard That
8) All That's Right
9) Homesick Song

Description of Kinda Fallen the second album:

Following Aurora's debut album Blacka Rose comes Kinda Fallen. Progressing on from love and optimism comes the slightly more melancholic second offering, still packed with the same histrionic highs and lows of the first album with the unmistakable signature sound tying all of the songs somehow into one. From the pop-folk simplicity of the final track to the intensity of the middle, Aurora has provided another unstoppable album.

All songs written by Alan McIvor, Sean Luo, Wade Davis and Peter Holmes
- "Daylight" from the album "Kinda Fallen" was co-written by Christopher Sammons.