wonderful humans STORY: ASHLEY BULYAO IMAGES: RACHEL EPSTEIN THERE AREN’T MANY “faceless” artists out there. The only one that bears a close similarity is Daft Punk but even then we could find images of the faces underneath the helmets. When the blogosphere erupted with confusion one night, it was out of pure curiosity of wanting to know who was behind the track, “Edge of the Night.” Most only knew it was by a group called WONDERFUL HUMANS who had originated from separate bands. Now, according to one of the members, “We feel like it’s the right time to start letting people into our lives a little more. We figured we’ll eventually be inviting people into this relationship that we have whether we like it or not. The use of imagery is something that we’re going to be using heavily with this project in the future.” Additionally they mentioned, “When we put up the first song, we wanted people to listen to it for its own purpose, its own musicality. We didn’t want any distractions as far as intense imagery, or forcing people to put a face to a sound. Instead, making the listener take in what they heard solely based on the song felt right.” Alas, the mystery is solved. The voices belong to Brian Cag who partnered with his girlfriend, Amanda Carl. Originally, this was a writing project for outside purposes but it was after they wrote “Edge of the Night” together where they found their sound. When it was released, rave reviews bursted from several bloggers and the track landed itself on Hype Machine’s Popular Now Chart and onto Spotify’s “Your Girlfriend’s Mixtape.” “That was really insane, considering the project was only a couple weeks old. I love both of those music outlets, so seeing that people are interested in any form or fashion was kind of crazy. Plus, ‘Your Girlfriend’s Playlist’ is the jam,” says Cag. The track sounds like it came straight out of an ‘80s movie which is fitting since they “wanted to write something that felt like you were in [a] cinematic soundtrack.” Cag went on to say, “I love writing music that can be felt not only sonically but visually in one’s imagination. Songwriting has become much more than just melodies and lyrics, in my opinion. We like to paint a picture with each track and let the listeners’ imaginations run free with whatever they may interpret from the song.”
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