Founded in 2002, Shiny Toy Guns is a musical group of the electronica, punk and indie genres. Up-tempo dance beats mixed with the singers’ rock voices makes them unique. Starting their fame locally in California and gaining fans on their Myspace page, this band began abruptly and became successful just as quickly. The indie music world needed something to dance to, as slow and sad is what had occupied its charts. Shiny Toy Guns is talented in not only music but presenting themselves as brave and free-spirited. Their first album We Are Pilots captured me with the first note of track 1, “You Are The One.” My favorite song by this group, by far, would have to be “Don’t Cry Out” from this same album. Their style is filled with intriguing and explosive sound effects and they mix indie rock culture in with dance eloquently. With a girl as one of the lead singers, Carah Charnow, the sound couldn’t be more perfect. Accompanied by the other lead singer and guitarist Gregori Petree, a contrast is evident in some of their songs and it makes listening a strong experience. The other members consist of Jeremy Dawson with the bass and Makey Martin on drums.
-Kassandra Small
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