Somme

February 19, 2007

Somme doesn’t so much play out of your stereo, it furiously invades your eardrums. I was first introduced to the band by someone named Ryan, a reader that happens to live in the same dorm complex as me. He said that he went to Jr. High with these guys which is really awesome. I later saw that the band had already been hit up by noted blogs Come Pick Me Up, i Guess i’m Floating, and Bows + Arrows.

The band is from Chicago, IL and their “shoegaze sound in a post-rock environment” is nothing short of explosive, and the most amazing part is that they do it with just two members. The backbone of the sound is the drums which never let up during the entire five-song EP, and layered on top of that is space-age guitar work that is dynamic and triumphant. The new Explosions in the Sky is great and all, but if you want to see the future of post-rock look no further than Somme.

MP3 Massless
MP3 Zeal

Also, I got a hold of an astonishingly good early acoustic Somme demo. Hopefully this will turn into a song on an upcoming full release…

MP3 He Said She Said

Listen to a couple more at Somme’s myspace.

Posted by Taylor in Album Review