Well, another week has passed! I really have been looking forward to every Tuesday lately just to see what Apple is going to give us for the iTunes Free Single of the Week. This week, they went with an alternative band called Under the Influence of Giants. The song they are giving away this week is called "Mama's Room". The song is pretty interesting to listen to. The instrumentals start off pretty basic, but then jump into a lot of different styles (like a basic rock, electric, etc). The vocals do something very similar to what the instrumentals did. The vocalist's pitch jumps all over the place during the song. At one point of the song, I thought I was listening to The Darkness because the vocals were at such a high pitch. Usually, I would say that this would not be something I would be interested in hearing, but today's group really pulled it off nicely. Unfortunately, I don't think that today's song has a lot of promise for making it to a lot of major radio stations. I feel this way because it really would not fit any of the musical categories you find on today's major radio stations. Under the Influence of Giants has caught my attention with this week's Free Single of the Week, and I will be looking for more songs by them in the near future!

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