Sonic Boom Six are a band that first appeared on the Manchester Punk scene in about the April of 2002. They set about establishing their own interesting and unique sound which most importantly they would enjoy and would also blow the audience away with its sheer originality and tremendous style. They have four songs on display here, each one equally amazing in its own particular way.
The CD is kicked off by the quite frankly blinding ‘Blood For Oil.’ This one is one of the bands live favourites and is an explosive tune of power, aggression, and some fine guitar lines. Laila’s vocals seem to come out perfectly on this track with that sound that only she could produce. They take to it in the vain of other such bands with the political stance, yet they are far more than just being a political Ska-Core band as to define them as being Ska-Core would be criminal. There are so many more sounds in their music than just Ska and Hardcore Punk, there is also some Hip-Hop, a slice of Ragga, and a large slab of Jungle. This is a wicked combination and is what makes there tunes so special and unique to them. The George Bush clips on this track really add to the whole experience of it and increase the excitement of the whole track even more so. They have some amazing musicians in this band, that and the fact that they are one of the most original bands in the UK at the moment makes them all the more special.
Next up is the amazing ‘People Ack Like They Don’t Know.’ This one is a cool track as again there are some amazing vocal skills from Laila, there are some blinding bass lines, superb guitar riffage, and sublime drum beats. I love all of the tracks on the CD yet this one really stands out to me as it is political, gets you thinking, and also has an amazing beat to it – it has everything you could possibly ask for, and to top it all off it is completely and utterly original and is one of those tunes that once you listen to it a first time you need to listen to it again and again to satisfy your needs – you just cant get enough of this baby. It really is that good – no matter how many times I listen to this tune I never seem to get bored of it, in fact every time I listen it seems to get a whole lot better!
Ok, the third track up is ‘The Devil Made Me Do It,’ a song about drugs with the insightful lyrics of ‘nicotine, ketamin, amphetamine, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol, you’re only gonna want more.’ This one has a good beat to it and is a truly cool song which is no surprise considering the quality of the first two tracks on this CD. Everything about it literally rocks hard and makes you wish that you were at one of their live shows right at that very minute as the music is so energetic and exciting that you can only imagine that this would be reflected in their live sets.
The last track is ‘Silent Majority’ – this is a good one to choose to end the CD with as I feel it is probably the weakest of the 4, it is not a bad tune by any means but it is just not as high quality as the rest of the CD. Most bands would probably be ecstatic to produce a song like this but given the quality of the first three you know that the band can do a lot better than this and sound much more energetic. Having said that, there is a great chorus on this one which is catchy and will have you dancing – so good things do come out of it even if it is not the best of the tracks. Just when you think this CD has ended the band please again with a DnB remix of the wonderful ‘Blood For Oil.’ Being open minded, and a fan of DnB I found this track extremely enjoyable as it had the vocals of Blood For Oil and the backing of a Drum n Bass tune which makes way for something extremely special and again highlighting the fact that they are unique. No other band would even dare to put a Drum n Bass remix on the end of their CD as they would probably be afraid of losing face but Sonic Boom Six have experimented with it and have come up tops. Amazing remixes are few and far between in the Rock scene but this little baby has proved to me that they do exist. What an amazing little CD from one of the rising stars of the UK right now – make sure you check it out and check it out extremely soon as you really don’t want to be missing this!
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
