Sonic Boom Six

Ive decided to start reviewing some of my favourite bands, of course this will be my own personal opinion of the groups, and it will be based on the material i have (i only have 2 Sonic Boom Six Albums even though i know they have released more than that). So im going to start by reviewing sonic boom six, I am going to review one of the albums that i do have, im not going to talk about every track, just some of the tracks that stand out to me, and why i think the album is really worth buying.

Arcade Perfect, Released October 24th 2007

This album is one of my all time favourite albums, I can listen to this album again and again. I love this album because each track is very idividual and has is own character but at the same time they are all unmistakably Sonic Boom Six. The band have a sound like no other band that i know of, they have mixed a heavy modern punk sound, with rap, reggae and electronic. This is so refreshing to here, particularly with todays music scene.

"While You Were Sleeping" is one of the heavier tracks on the album. the track starts with a dirty sounding punk riff on the guitar before the rest of the band join in on the accents making a really impacting introduction to the song. After that energetic intro the band then settle into a really nice clean grove and the vocalist comes in. I love this song because the music really fits the emotion in the lyrics and the story that is told in the song. Well the vocalist opens with "while You were Sleeping" in the first verse, the grove is soft and the vocal tone is quite gentle, almost although the band are trying to put you into an uneasy sleep. As the verse progresses, the track becomes more layered building up towards the heavy chorus. When the chorus comes in the heavy guitars come in and the vocalist becomes much louder and angrier as the true nature of the track is revealed. This is a track that really goes down well live because it goes from having really high energy to a chilled out verse giving the audience a chance to get into the track before the energy returns and people can really start jumping. The second verse is double time and the lyrics are a darker "Whilst you were sleeping, they riffle through your draws, While you were sleeping, was no concern of yours". The band reflect on this with distorted guitars underneath the lead vocals and slightly sinister sounding backing vocals underneath before leaping back into the chorus.

"Mean While Back In The Real World" starts with an epic introduction with a load horn section, distorted guitars and some great drum fills. The verse is really upbeat with a ska feel and rapping from the vocalist, accenting the last few words of every verse with horns and cymbals. The track is filled with really nice groves between verses, some really good skanking guitars and some very heavy sections. This song is clearly very angry and political and that is shown in the music and the lyrics. There is a really good horns break in the middle witch works really nicely. This song is really fun to play along to on the drums and if you've herd it a few times, it really hard not to sing along with the lyrics.

Sound Of a revolution is another that stands out from the others. This tracks starts with rapping from the lead vocalist over a grove between the drummer and the bassist underneath. And the track takes off with the famous punk rock phrase "F*** You I WONT DO WHAT YOU TELL ME". The grove continues with horns being added on the off beat giving the track more a a ska feel before the distorted punk rock guitars come in to make a heavy chorus. In the second verse one of the other member s of the band takes over on the rapping witch gives the track some good variety. If you are a ska/Punk fan this a really good track to listen to and i would definitely recommend giving this band a try.

Conclusion
It is very difficult for me write about the album as a whole because every song is different but i am going to attempt it!. This album has a very distinctive sound, it ranges from a very modern and tight punk sound to a mellow reggae sound right the way through to rap and electronic. And yet, the whole thing put together makes a surprisingly brilliant sound. This band arn't for everyone, but they are worth trying, and they put on a fantastic live show and are certainly worth seeing.