Sonic Moon - In Orbit (2018)
With almost two years of gigs under
their belt, the Danish quintet of Sonic Moon have issued their first
EP, and In Orbit brings a
four-pack of tunes to entice listeners, opening with the desert rock
twist of “Places”. Dry-sounding chords lead through harmonized
yells and a bruiser of a beat, giving some good opening energy to the
set.
The
grungy grooves of “The Heavens” pop up next, letting hooky melody
and tasty guitar tones mesh with rugged bass pulses and some high
cymbal action, making an intriguingly heavy piece out of higher-end
elements than are usual for the style, before “Something Else”
picks up the lead. A little bit of atmosphere is set with quiet
strings before a ripple of drums lead back to the beefier material,
slipping in a little psychedelia in the end-of-measure guitar twinkle
and twang, and the band spices things up by making good use of
phasing on the line in the track's back-end.
Lastly,
there's a ~7-minute self-titled song, and “Sonic Moon” makes use
of its position and space by working a slow-burn escalation into
heady riffage. The band's co-op powers really come to the fore in
this slow-paced study, with each instrument getting plenty of time in
the audio spotlight. For the band's first release, it does a great
job of showing off their skills in a range of styles, speeds, and
intensities, and provides a fair number of hooks to catch in your
ears at the same time. Keep your head up for more to come from this
crew.
~
Gabriel
For
Fans Of; Catherine, DDT (Canada), The Heavy Co., early Kyuss,
Suiciety
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