“I had never taken the time to view the sunrise or the sunset and somehow this song has helped me personally heal when I’m overloaded with anxiety or depression. “With a song like ‘Don’t Forget to Open Your Eyes’ I honestly don’t know where those lyrics came from”, says Matthew.
Esoteric of Czarface),” and “Roman Empire” might get the fans incredibly hyped up, but songs like “Don’t Forget to Open Your Eyes,” “We All Burn to the Ground,” and the title track “Can You Feel the Sun” glimmer with an introspective insight that now takes on an even deeper meaning in a pandemic ravaged world.
Tracks like “Wolves,” “Hoodie Up,” “Cry Baby (feat. MISSIO has always been a band that is known for their thoughtful lyrics, raw emotion, but also pure, and unadulterated fun. We were the only ones we wanted to impress.” The band started with a range of demos that eventually snowballed into being a complete and finished full-length album. I instantly began writing new demos, taking hold of the many feelings that come along with living out your own dreams.”ĭavid Butler adds “We wanted to create music on our own terms, separate and apart from any label deadlines or industry pressure. “I felt inspired after coming back from our first European shows in some of the most beautiful cities in the world and seeing our music translate across the ocean, which was incredibly surreal. “We started talking with Dwight last summer about recording new music even though our second album had just released,” says Matthew Brue. Beginning the next stage in their music evolution, Matthew and David landed back in their home base of Austin, Texas this past November with their producer, co-writer, and creative partner Dwight Baker, and over a feverish 21 day period wrote and recorded the entirety of their upcoming album, Can You Feel The Sun (set for release on October 23rd via 2B Recordings / BMG). MISSIO has now accumulated close to one billion streams within three years and two album releases. The band decided to document their creative process and personal growth during the recording process of this album, and ended up also releasing a documentary with accompanying soundtrack which they wrote and scored titled Love Me Whole. During this album campaign, their streaming audience tripled and they capped off their album cycle by releasing the single “Sing to Me” as part of the soundtrack to the global video game phenomenon Death Stranding alongside artists such as Chvrches, Major Lazer, Khalid, & Bring Me the Horizon. MISSIO released their second album The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man in mid 2019, broadening their sonic palette with songs like “I See You” which was the #1 song on the Sirius XM Alt 18 for 9 total weeks.
That same album also spawned heavily rotated songs like “Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea,” “Everybody Gets High,” and “Twisted,” which all reached over 50 million streams each (and counting) on streaming platforms. Alternative Radio, later leading to an appearance on the late night’s CONAN amid the launch of their debut album Loner. Based in Austin, Texas, MISSIO broke out in 2017 with their single “Middle Fingers” which reached top 10 at U.S. Atmospheric and expressive, this electro-alternative act is keen on a spirit of experimentation. Accompanied by producer and instrumentalist David Butler, MISSIO sports an alternative/electronic sound with beat-driven hip-hop undertones. And what at one time began as a side project for singer-songwriter Matthew Brue has now shifted into the main mission.
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