From Saint Pepsi to Saint Raymond and Saint Motel, all of the sudden, there are a handful of bands that have Saint in their name. Why now? Who are they? Is there anything vaguely religious about their music? Have they earned the right to call themselves saints? Will their music save your soul? We investigate.SAINT RAYMOND
Who: Callum Burrows
Where: Nottingham, England
Why: He once lived on a road called Saint Street and his grandfather's name was Raymond.
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SAINT PEPSI
Who: Ryan DeRobertis
Where: Farmingville, New York
Why: The name popped into his head while drinking a—you guessed it!—Pepsi. This 21-year-old Boston College dropout makes electro-tinged feel-good pop. His sound is experimental, but also goes down easy. A tall order, sure, but we're talking about the guy who managed to turn Carly Rae Jepsen's candy-coated hit "Call Me Maybe" into a heartwrenching slow jam.(Seriously.) For never releasing a studio album, Saint Pepsi has an impressively deep discography. But he just signed to Carpark Records, so his full-length debut will be coming soon. In the meantime, fire up his most recent, and most riveting, single (above).
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SAINT MOTELWho:A/J Jackson (slash is his), Aaron Sharp, Dak, and Greg ErwinWhere:Los Angeles, CaliforniaWhy:There are multiple conflicting stories about what this band is named after, including but not limited to: the location they all met, a motel in South Korea, and a 60s porno movieThis indie-pop quartet, who's opened for everyone from Arctic Monkeysto Weezer, released their first album, Voyeur, way back in 2012, and then they seemingly fell off the face of the Earth. Turns out they were just holed up in the studio, working on their new gem of a EP.The band suddenly splashed back onto the scene last month with "My Type," which was quickly followed by the equally gleeful-sounding single "Cold Cold Man." Seriously, the word "ebullient" is not the kind of adjective you can throw around lightly, but it's the only way to fully describe this EP. They definitely earned that Saint status.
Casey Lewis is pretty at peace with these Saint bands. She's on Twitter - @caseymlewis.--Want more Saints?Celebrate Making Out in the Summer with Saint Pepsi's Remix of Teen's "Not For Long"Here's Saint Pepsi's Remix of Erik Hassle's "Talk About It"