Sonic Boom Six - City of Thieves (New Album for fans of The King Blues, Capdown, Big D and The Kid's Table)
When I first saw Sonic Boom Six back in March of 08, I was completely blown away. They had the entire crowd jumping to their ragga/ska/punk beats, even those of us who never heard of them.
Needless to say, I went out and bought two of their albums "Arcade Perfect" and "The Ruff Guide To Genre Terrorism". After giving them a few spins, besides a few songs, I was completely disappointed by both. The songs lacked energy, were too poppy, (insert more bitching here)... so I was a little reluctant to pick up their latest "City Of Thieves". Damn good thing that I did.
The songs are are much heavier digging deeply into their punk and ska roots. "Through the Eyes Of The Children" sounds very Selector/Specials influenced, while "Rum Little Scallywag" is pretty much a straight up nod to the great Desmond Dekker.
If you've never heard Sonic Boom Six before, City of Thieves is definitely a good place to start. Finally, these Manchester punks were able to take the energy of one of their live shows and capture it in their songs.
MP3:
Sonic Boom Six - Rum Little Skallywag
Sonic Boom Six - A Bright Cold Day In April
City of Housewives:
Hub City Stompers - Ska Ska Black Sheep
Ruder Than You - Big Step
The Slackers - Self Medication
Capdown
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3 comments:
gotta agree, despite the fact they are from the finest town in the world (we have everything apart from a beach!) the records seem to lack that certain something, i've not seen them live yet but i've heard good things so when i finally have some money i'll go and catch them live
A.J
Definitely with you on the comments regarding SB6's other albums. After hearing "The Mighty Mighty Boom" remix, I looked for their stuff, and was disappointed. Hopefully the rest of the songs on the new record are good too.
Ok, glad I'm not the only one who felt this way about their albums. Definitely check out the newest though, much more solid.
-silverunity
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