Vincent Lima

One Liner: Bombastically large indie rock songs about loss and grief and Greek myths
Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia, but this is indie rock, folky pop
Home: L.A.

Poster Position: Second Quarter - Line 14
Day: Friday
Both Weekends.

Thoughts:  His voice sort of makes me think of some country guy, but I can't come up with who it is.  But his music is more of a The Fray - made for Gray's Anatomy - type bombastic, emotional indie rock pop stuff.  He got to open for Jonah Kagen, who was on last year's line-up.  Maybe they are both just managed by C3.

He says he wrote his first songs when he was six or seven, but never really considered that music could be his viable career until more recently.  Born in Chicago, raised in New Jersey, now in L.A.  He taught himself how to play the piano, and when a close friend died, he started writing songs as a way of processing his grief.

His top song, "Orpheus," is inspired by the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and about grief, memory, and holding on to lost loved ones.  Here is the story that inspired it all: "While walking among her people, the Cicones, in tall grass at her wedding, Eurydice was set upon by a satyr. In her efforts to escape the satyr, Eurydice fell into a nest of vipers and suffered a fatal bite on her heel. Her body was discovered by Orpheus who, overcome with grief, played such sad and mournful songs that all the nymphs and gods wept. On their advice, Orpheus traveled to the underworld. His music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone, who agreed to allow Eurydice to return with him to earth on one condition: he should walk in front of her and not look back until they both had reached the upper world. Orpheus set off with Eurydice following; however, as soon as he had reached the upper world, he immediately turned to look at her, forgetting in his eagerness that both of them needed to be in the upper world for the condition to be met. As Eurydice had not yet crossed into the upper world, she vanished for the second time, this time forever."  11.3 million streams.

He also has another song called Eurydice, so he is really leaning into that Greek mythology angle to tell sad stories about love and loss.  Lotta singles and two EPs in his discography.  No full album yet.  Visions of Uncertainty is the 2024 EP that has those two songs I have mentioned, as well as his second-biggest streamer "The Fire."  10.1 million streams.

Oh, the little blurb I read about him says that the entire EP takes inspiration from the tales of Orpheus and Eurydice.  Seems odd to base your whole career off of one Greek myth, but these songs are pretty damn powerful sounding, so maybe he is on to something.  The next EP will be all about Jason and the Argonauts.  Well, maybe not.  His newest single is called "Something Sweet," so maybe it is about ambrosia and the Lotophagi.  Let's try that one on just in case - 357k streams.

Damn, he is still singing about not being allowed to look behind himself.  Chill on the looking back, homie.  But yeah, that is another pretty, sad song about loss and leaving.  I mean, these songs sound really good and feel important.  But what a bummer of a set to just hear massive sadness songs for an hour.  

I think I am likely good on this one, although it's not a hard no.  I just assume there are other things I'd rather see that hour.