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Soma High are a three piece band from Southampton,
there name sounds like they are actually some teeny
bopping American pop-punk band that formed at a
strange high school, but that isn’t the case
as they are 100% from Southampton, and if you happen
to go to shows on a regular basis in Southampton
then I am pretty sure that you would of come across
these guys on a number of occasions as they have
been selling out venues across Southampton throughout
the whole of 2008 which include a number of support
slots with some huge bands such as scouting For
Girls, Razorlight plus a stint on the NME tour.
The band’s debut single is called 'Lo Fat',
and it’s pretty much what you would expect
from modern music these days, the song has some
crunching guitar riffs; the much needed electronics
that every band can’t seem to go without
these days and a set of very loud and clear vocals
from front man Sean Strugnell.
The main b-side to the single is 'Tell You What'
the song is really laid back compared to the main
single release, and the lyrics are quite repetitive
with Sean Strugnell's vocals coming across more
drowsy sounding here, once again the song is filled
with electronics to beef it up.
The last song featured on the single is 'End
Of Line', the song starts with an annoying electronic
beat that comes and goes every two seconds and
the most annoying thing is that it doesn’t
seem to want to go away, luckily if you can hold
in there for 2minutes it disappears as the song
builds up into a loud outro.
The press release says Soma High are influenced
by Nirvana, I would say that they are more influenced
by Feeder and pretty much any band with electronics
in their sound. Their debut single is a very impressive
offering, it’s just a shame that the two
b-sides included on the single are more fillers
than anything else.
3/5
Review by Trigger |
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Members |
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Sean Strugnell (vocals, guitar,
keys)
Leon Azor (Bass, vocals, Keys)
Rob Crisp (Drums, vocals, percussion) |
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1. Lo Fat
2. Tell You What
3. End Of Line |
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| Review
Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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