A great many people have become enamored with Indie-Electro phenomenon The Cinema and with really, really good reason. What little there is of The Cinema’s music is an absolutely fantastic combination of a more indie lyric base and an electronic sound that is heavily influenced by the indie rock sound. The Cinema is the result of collaboration between Leighton Antelman, of indie-rock band Lydia, and producer Matt Malpass, and released 4 singles in 2011: “Kill It”, “The Wolf”, “Say It Like You Mean It”, and, most importantly, “Picasso”.
In May of 2011, The Cinema’s debut album My Blood is Full of Airplanes was released. Other than that, the internet holds no other information about The Cinema besides the sheer brilliance of their songs. Picasso is a fantastic example of what The Cinema is capable of simply because the song is a combination of so many different elements that end up forming a masterpiece.
There are no wild high notes or passionately-sung-lyrics in “Picasso” which makes the lyrics of the song have a much greater impact on the listener. Lyrics like “Does he draw like Picasso when he traced your figure with his eyes?” and “Your words are weapons but I couldn’t stop listening” are reminiscent of an indie rock influence yet have so much emotion in them when song to the slow melody of the song with a muted voice like Leighton Antelman’s.
This sort of musical project is one the likes of which I haven’t ever seen and it’s unique sound makes The Cinema all the more impressive to me. Thus, I shall eagerly await news from The Cinema, along with all of their other fans, as to future music releases and possible tour dates.