Singapore based Subsonic Eye's full performance for KEXP (session recorded at Kribo Records, Singapore) is a beautiful thing. I urge anyone reading this to dive in deeply especially if you haven't heard this young incredibly divergent and engaging band. To me they are incredibly poised and accomplished in the way they push their divergent indie rock idioms without any bluster but simply and stunningly. Like an amalgam of Yuck (circa Daniel Blumberg), Sonic Youth, The Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins they blow me away in the best possible way.
Below are some one (or two) liner reviews of the songs they perform on this session.
"Cabin Fever" stirs easy feelings of first loves and stealing glances across crowded rooms. Maybe Subsonic Eye's most Yuckian sounding song like a lost track between "Milkshake" and "Get Away".
Subsonic Eye, Bedroom / Lo-fi Pop, Indie Folk, Shoegaze, alt rock, divergent indie, progressive tones, LIVE performance, Kribo Records, Singapore, KEXP, "Dijangka", "Fruitcake", "Unearth",
"Fruitcake" with guitar patterns chasing their tails and rabid drumming, tightly wound bass lines and hooks and Nur Wahidah's vocal reflections, sometimes spinning bits of la di dah and sometimes urgent fits.
"Dijangka" deeply dreamy vocal / lyrical narrative (in any language) with bending guitars, shifting bass push and swaying drums falling into exquisite fills- this song is super charged up.
"Animinimism" has a rich dynamic romanticism, surf punk-esque sunset snaps and long angular bottom turns.
"Unearth" feels like a three act play with all sections being played at the same time, the absolutely jamming, spinning, sliding, bending progs are ideal for head-banging and the fall away breaks are beautiful in repose, inside and out with a cataclysmic conclusion.
Rock on. Subsonic Eye is Nur Wahidah on vocals, Daniel Castro Borces & Jared Lim on guitar, Spencer Tan on bass, and Lucas Tee on drums.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Shedding heavy fuzz and fanfare for rawer tonality and wearied lyricism, Singaporean noise rock mainstays Subsonic Eye reinvent themselves on their third full-length release Nature of Things.
Coming to grips with their place in a strange world, the band finds refuge in confessional intimacy with a grounded palette that evokes the album’s namesake – nature – whilst pondering the toll of human indulgence.
With the instrumentation’s newfound lucidity, vocalist Nur Wahidah’s unique timbre finally finds its place in the spotlight, playing a cross between Avril Lavigne’s emo-pop sweetness and warbling, Björk-esque expressiveness. Her lyrics render a personality in flux – conflicted between a wide-eyed appreciation for nature, and a looming resignation towards the consumerist apathy around us.
The result is a cohesiveness that extends across Nature of Things’ nine tracks – a distinctive symbiosis between Wahidah’s inimitable vocal presence and the band’s long-forged chemistry. It’s a synergy that allows for innovative reverence to touchstones across the rock spectrum – from 90s’ Sonic Youth, 00s’ Life Without Buildings, to 10s’ Snail Mail.
Capturing beauty in the liminal, Nature of Things finds the band poignantly celebrating the spirits of a natural world fast disappearing. In a world that seems to be closing in, their sonic metamorphosis becomes a source of life-affirming refuge. By embracing their most immediate instincts, Subsonic Eye take their boldest steps forward.
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/subsonic.eye/
https://www.instagram.com/subsoniceye/
https://twitter.com/SubsonicEye
https://subsoniceye.bandcamp.com/
Shedding heavy fuzz and fanfare for rawer tonality and wearied lyricism, Singaporean noise rock mainstays Subsonic Eye reinvent themselves on their third full-length release Nature of Things.
Coming to grips with their place in a strange world, the band finds refuge in confessional intimacy with a grounded palette that evokes the album’s namesake – nature – whilst pondering the toll of human indulgence.
With the instrumentation’s newfound lucidity, vocalist Nur Wahidah’s unique timbre finally finds its place in the spotlight, playing a cross between Avril Lavigne’s emo-pop sweetness and warbling, Björk-esque expressiveness. Her lyrics render a personality in flux – conflicted between a wide-eyed appreciation for nature, and a looming resignation towards the consumerist apathy around us.
The result is a cohesiveness that extends across Nature of Things’ nine tracks – a distinctive symbiosis between Wahidah’s inimitable vocal presence and the band’s long-forged chemistry. It’s a synergy that allows for innovative reverence to touchstones across the rock spectrum – from 90s’ Sonic Youth, 00s’ Life Without Buildings, to 10s’ Snail Mail.
Capturing beauty in the liminal, Nature of Things finds the band poignantly celebrating the spirits of a natural world fast disappearing. In a world that seems to be closing in, their sonic metamorphosis becomes a source of life-affirming refuge. By embracing their most immediate instincts, Subsonic Eye take their boldest steps forward.
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