The Ventura Project - Heroes [Single]

Hero Squad Records

The Ventura Project is led by Joey Slater and Matthew Milligan who live in Gloucester, England and Long Island, NY, respectively. Though separated by the Atlantic Ocean, the two collaborate on music via the Internet. Their single, 'Heroes,' was released in August and is available on iTunes.

At first blush, I found 'Heroes' to be a bland little song about some undefined heroes who will live in secret until they are someday needed- based off the Heroes TV series maybe? After a few more listens, 'Heroes' grew on me a bit.

The horn arrangement is fat and appealing and the melody is catchy enough that my 8 year-old daughter was walking around singing it. The percussion is pretty straightforward, though oddly the few flourishes that they do add occur at the beginning of the song instead of later, after the song is established.

On the whole, 'Heroes' by The Ventura Project is not really my thing. However, if you like Belle and Sebastian and similar Indie based tunes you will probably like 'Heroes' by The Ventura Project.

You can listen to the entire track on their MySpace page and decide for yourself.