No matter how hard I try, I just can’t get into this CD properly. Sure, ‘Rape of Punk to Come’ is a good tune, and ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’ is catchy, but technically is nothing special and lyrically awful. The other two new tracks on display here ‘Let the Children Play,’ and ‘Safe European Home’ just seem pretty average to me and really don’t tickle my taste buds. I love the first EP, so seeing the tracks from the first EP put on the end for those that don’t own the first CD was good but then again I do have the first CD so there’s nothing to be gained there for me.
When the bands first EP came out, they provided an innovative new take and on the done and dusted Ska Punk genre, and they came out trumps. This time around however, their Hip Hop tinged Reggae Punk Ska just doesn’t do it for me. It seems like they ran out of ideas on this CD and therefore what should be a rich feast of a CD is tasteless and unfulfilling. It is quite disappointing to listen to the new tunes as the talent is clearly there, but they just don’t use it at all on the four new songs here and as a result the new material just doesn’t sound very good. I still love the old tracks, and think that they are far better than the new ones – hopefully the next Sonic Boom Six CD will see a return to form.
As much as I’d love to sing this CDs praises I just cant because quite frankly there’s not a lot here to praise. I do really like CD opener ‘Rape of Punk to Come’ and when this track kicked off I thought that I was to be in for a treat but sadly this just wasn’t the case. I once had great respect for Sonic Boom Six and the way they were changing the face of the UK scene but I really think they have had their time now and its time for another band to take their place and fill their shoes. No band have really shaken the scene since Capdown with their ‘Civil Disobedients’ album, but I really did think that Sonic Boom Six would be the band to do it – maybe they still will be, just not with CDs like this. The potential is there for this band to do great things – for some reason however they just don’t produce the goods on the four new tracks on display here.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
