Daily Discovery: The Electric Sons, “Places”

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Atlanta-based electronic/alternative rock group The Electric Sons released their latest recording, the Chromaesthesia EP, earlier this year, and they already have new music planned on the horizon in 2015.

ARTIST: The Electric Sons

SONG: “Places”

 BIRTHDATE: September 8, 1988 and November 4, 1986, respectively.

 HOMETOWN: Peaks Island, ME and Duluth, GA

 CURRENT LOCATION: Bedroom.

 AMBITIONS: Many.

 TURN-OFFS: The sound of people chewing, hard opinions.

 TURN-ONS: Joie de vivre, paella.

 DREAM GIG: Anywhere in Europe.

 FAVORITE LYRIC: “I’m feelin’ rough, I’m feelin’ raw, I’m in the prime of my life.” -MGMT

 CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: Our elderly neighbor who keeps pushing her homemade relish on us.

 SONG I WISH I WROTE: “Love Like A Sunset” (both parts) -Phoenix

“Black & Blue” -Miike Snow

 5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Brian Eno, Snoop D-Oh-Double G, Christopher Nolan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Thom Yorke

 MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Playing Hangout Festival in the afternoon and watching Outkast in the evening. Delightful. Also playing the Tabernacle in Atlanta.

 I WROTE THIS SONG: “Places” was born out of a break up. It’s about a person who is constantly chasing after happiness, but choosing to look for it in all the worst places.