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SOS |
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Jonathan Mariante
Take some Pantera, some hardcore/punk, some good old fashioned hard
rock, add a little dash of grunge, and you've got SOS. This album rocks
hard, rough, and raw from start to finish! Ever been for a spin in a
70's muscle car? SOS is the musical equivalent to that! Just pure, hard
rocking energy all the way! Let's see, what were some of the songs that
stood out? Well, a few that really kicked ass were opener "Ole
Matador", "Humanity", "Dirt", "Hitchhiker", "My Constitution", "Reach",
"Breathing Room", and closer "What I Need" (This one sounds influenced
by Suicidal Tendencies). There are also a couple of more doomy,
Sabbath-type songs, "On The Spot" and "Nicey Nice"; an unplugged ballad
"Drive", where the band mellows out for a minute (but just a minute,
and fifty two seconds); a couple of hard rocking instrumentals, "Movers
And Shakers" and "Pulse"; and one Nirvana-ish song, "Think They
Got Me." A couple of songs I got a kick out of were "Foolproof",
another hard rocker that begins with a guy who sounds like Ronald
Reagan
saying, "If I started murdering people, there wouldn't be any of you
left!" ; and a milder rocker called "Sean Mahoney." I once had a
classmate called Sean Mahoney, in high school! I did enjoy this album,
but there just a few things I didn't like about it, one being that all
the songs kind of sound the same; another being that there were no
guitar solos, and a rock or metal song is just never complete without
one! Also, at almost sixty five minutes and nineteen songs, this album
is a bit long, making it a chore to listen to at times. However, those
flaws aside (nobody's perfect, after all, and there's always room for
improvement on the next album!), SOS are a good band and they know how
to rock for sure! To find out more about these banditos, check out
sosnyc.com or 316productions.com
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