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Thursday, March 23, 2023

RedrumSociety and the surreal pop and circumstance of "Have Some"

 












"I'm chaos in it's finest form and I'm losing control..."


Saturated in electronic orchestrations and with a chorus that feels broadly pop with tentacles in 70's pop affections, "Have Some" by California based (by way of Florida) RedrumSociety feels like a collision of Electric Light Orchestra and MGMT. As press notes reveal: [RedrumSociety was founded in 2008 in South Florida by four newly made friends (Esperanzo Wilcox, Esdras Reymond, Zach Cohen, and Dylan Lerner) of completely different backgrounds in every sense of the word: families, music, culture, and ethnicity. When they came together, it felt like magic and a brotherhood was formed. Later on, the members of the band carried out different lives, one of them, Dylan, passing away at the age of 17. Eventually it was only Zach, now living at the time in Santa Monica, CA to continue on the RedrumSociety name and tradition. Zach wanted to embody the spirit of the original lineup.]

I am digging the aesthetic and have always liked electronic string sounds, there is a sort of caustic quality, a surreal tension. Zach's vocal decisions here go down easy while the lyrics vaguely dark (or not) hold more questions than answers or maybe they float unshaped and black like a Rorschach test. 

-Robb Donker Curtius  








THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM 


https://www.facebook.com/RedrumsocietyMusic/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1goE9w93VUz4QHgTGTEc41

https://www.instagram.com/redrumsociety/



RedrumSociety was founded in 2008 in South Florida by four newly made friends (Esperanzo Wilcox, Esdras Reymond, Zach Cohen, and Dylan Lerner) of completely different backgrounds in every sense of the word: families, music, culture, and ethnicity. When they came together, it felt like magic and a brotherhood was formed. Later on, the members of the band carried out different lives, one of them, Dylan, passing away at the age of 17. Eventually it was only Zach, now living at the time in Santa Monica, CA to continue on the RedrumSociety name and tradition. Zach wanted to embody the spirit of the original lineup. That spirit is an in your face, against the grain attitude. It is music that talks about what we all think but don’t say. That theme still holds true in all of their songs, even as the sound has evolved dramatically throughout the years. RedrumSociety is funky, baby!!!! Today, Zach has relocated back to South Florida to be back in touch with his roots. The founding members still remain in close contact and influence the music and help Zach write and style the songs. Currently they have six projects which have reached the pop, blues, and alternative charts, with their most recent album reaching number two on the rock charts. In May of 2021, their single "All Night" reached the no. 22 rank on the Billboard Rock Charts.


RedrumSociety, indie pop, alt pop, indie rock, "Have Some", South Florida, Santa Monica California, noir pop, singer songwriter,

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