Victoryland’s My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It

My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It, the sophomore record by Brooklyn-based band Victoryland, feels like a breath of fresh air packaged into a raw, scrappy pop rock exploration of the love, social connection, and frustration we have all experienced with existing in this modern world executed to near perfection.

I was first introduced to Victoryland when they opened for one of my all-time favorite bands, LCD Soundsystem. Last month, I was lucky enough to see them perform in Red Rocks Amphitheater, and from the moment I heard the first few LCD Soundsystem-esque notes of My Heart’s opening track “Here I Stand,” I was hooked. Just like the rest of the album, this barely three-minute-long track is simultaneously infectious, confusing, and cathartic as it (loudly) eases the audience into the nine tracks that follow. The record is fun, innovative, sometimes folky, sometimes synth-infused, yet entirely profound. Each song sounds like a stream-of-consciousness plea from lead musician Julian McCamman surrounded by achy synth and drum instrumentation culminating in a flawless emotional release. 

While it is a short record, My Heart does not sacrifice one sound, guitar riff, or Cameron Winter-esque vocal. Following in the footsteps of icons such as The Strokes and Animal Collective, Victoryland has poised themselves as a leading force in the future of pop and experimental rock.. This record is an eclectic whirlwind of emotion and infectious melodies that leaves the audience to reflect, dance, and cry—maybe even all at once—whether through headphones while cleaning the dorm, or live at Red Rocks opening for one of the greatest bands of all time.

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Alexa Goldfarb is a freshman in the College majoring in Biology. She is from Brooklyn, NY but will travel anywhere for a good concert.