SomaHigh: Pop-rock crossover with a tinge of electro
Influenced by ‘Nirvana, science fiction and electronica’, SomaHigh are a band that mix the glossy with the scratchy. Having sold out several venues across the UK, they managed to get themselves support slots with Scouting For Girls, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and Razorlight and have appeared on the NME tour. They will play a headline tour this spring.
Lo Fat is a typical example of SomaHigh’s fusion of guitar-driven rock and synth-abetted pop. The opening sounds like an apocalyptic MGMT fused with a nu-rock version of Nirvana. This thick sound gives way to a drum and guitar driven song, with lead singer Sean Strugnell’s fuzzy vocals sometimes yielding to the pounding skuzz of the guitars.
Lo Fat is heavily produced, but the underpinning drone attitude inthe song works well to counterbalance that, and the distorted vocals lend an interesting extra dimension.
B-sides Tell You What and End of The Line lose the vocal distortion and draw on some recent anthemic rock by groups such as Audioslave. The drums are heavy, the guitars relentless and the vocals are obviously influenced by Muse’s Matthew Bellamy, sliding around the upper registers as they do.
Produced and engineered by The Animal Farm, the man behind One Night Only, SomaHigh seem to inhabit the same genre of pop-rock-electro crossover. The single is out now. Visit the SomaHigh MySpace page for more info.
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