Storm Boy Releases New EP: Superposition!
I reviewed Storm Boy’s last EP, With a Gasp That Reached the Sky, and I said they reminded me a bit of Leatherface and Hot Water Music, particularly with the vocals. That still stands but the vocals on their new EP, Superposition!, also have some early Against Me! and some Fugazi in there now too. As ever this is an incredibly creative piece of hardcore punk/post hardcore that I could see fans of 90’s Gainesville, 90’s Dischord or later Hüsker Dü really digging. Each track is layered in almost atmospheric and yet rocking instrumentation with backing vocals that come in a just the right places and a rhythm section that knows how to play to the song.
The first song “Instrument” is a mid-tempo rocker that despite not going at a breakneck speed still has me feeling the urgency of the music. The song has plenty of stops and starts, comes in with unexpected backing vocal harmonies, and even speeds up a bit in the end as they are appropriately singing “moving, moving”. Speaking of ending, I love the single “ding” at the end.
The second song, “Smiling Betty”, has one of those drum intros around the 10 second mark that if it had gone on just a little longer would be as memorable as the drum intros to “Longview” or “You Could Be Mine”. It reminds me a bit of something that J. Robbins would either perform or produce. It’s always great to hear a band with two guitarists that know how to use both to play off each other instead of just doubling up the same riff. The bass really stands out in this song too by providing a rock solid back bone.
“Ghosts” has a more driving beat, and, unless I’m mistaken, a different singer who delivers a more direct performance that matches the song really well and is a cool counterpoint to the times they shout “Ghosts” or maybe just “Go” with an echo. I also dig the talked part that is just a little low in the mix, so I have to really focus on what’s being said which seems appropriate to the lyrics.
The final song, “Keep it Simple”, is over five minutes long which is generally past my short attention span short punk song loving mind, but it’s got more than enough hooks and layers of rad shit that I didn’t even notice how long it was until I actually looked at the time. The heart of the song are the drums and bass that seem to take turns holding the song together as the guitars and vocals deliver the goods in unexpected patterns. It’s probably the most hook driven chorus of all the songs.
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