I’ll say this for the band Sosohuman’s debut album, “Twenty-Sixâ€: If it were 10 years ago, and I was in Junior High, and I still sat in my room after school and listened to Candlebox and Soul Asylum while writing notes to pass to some field hockey player I had special feelings for, this stuff would be cool.
Now, flash foward 10 years, and not only is Sosohuman stuck in a time warp made of shit walls, but it’s a time when there is no remaining audience for this generic 90s alternative crap, aside from some confused Nickelback fans. It blows my mind that this is a new band from the year 2006. Lead singer, Earl, tries a bit too hard to sound like Brandon Boyd of Incubus and doesn’t pull it off. Monotonous guitar riffs and repetitive chords that speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down, 15 times in each song, with our only respite being guitar feedback. It gets really, really old after just the first song. Don’t get me started on the atrocious lyrics- “frenchy, frenchy, oh french vanilla! ohhhh salad, salad, salad barrrr!â€(These may or may not be the correct lyrics but they’re pretty close)………….What?
Drummer Rob Oswald, their latest in a long line of drummers (70 to be exact), from the band Karma to Burn, who also namedrops Queens of the Stone Age as one of his contributions for some reason, is pretty decent. He needs to leave this band pronto.
The only songs that are in any way worth paying attention to purely for the “takes-you-back†nostalgia of 90s alternative bliss are “Homeless†and “All The Sameâ€, but they’re still difficult to bare. The simple album cover art involving the silhouette of the three members rocking out together tricks you in to thinking they are some fun, party, pop-punk band. Far from it. It amazes me that there are still bands this oblivious to their own sound. On track number six, “Punisherâ€, the singer begins: “I like to punish myself, I’d like to bang my head against a brick wall, and I’d like to stick my hand in a fire, and I’d like to jump from the top of my roof.†My advice for Earl as to how to ease the pain: don’t quit your day job, unless your day job involves writing songs.
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Rob Oswald was Mondo Generator’s first drummer and played in QOTSA in 2002.
November 24th, 2006 21:14
Chad Popular is a bitchy, if not hilarious queen.
December 13th, 2006 12:38
“The lead singer and bass player have been together 10 years,†said sosohuman manager Brian Hellwig.
December 15th, 2006 23:15
Well said. I would be happy to read anything else you might contribute on this subject.
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