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Sinombre:
Curves of Sirens
Devoid of anything sugary or poppy, proclaims the press release sheet for Sinombres first full-length release, Curves of Sirens. And in many ways, this promise is fulfilled in the bands tear-through surgical deconstruction of an industry currently laden and fat off the candy offerings of the indie scene. Darkness manifests itself in many ways across this brooding ethereal guitar trip into the sad and obsessed regions of the musicians mind. This is an album all about build. Build up and tear down. Emotional ride to the climax build. Building a wall of harmonic guitar lines. Sinombre, as far as I can tell, wants to take the listener on an immense journey through understanding the drive, the obsessive and hurtful, the suffering of life. There really is nothing sugary in these despondent calls for help and, in many ways, for someone just to listen. To try and understand. Remarkably, the band pulls this off with their guitar builds, their speed-up to slow-down style, use of minimalist cymbal and repeated melodic lines, increases in volume, building to change, repeating and repeating, building and adding, more and more, when suddenly the listener finds himself in a mood, Sinombres mood, and the isolation of the album truly captures you and takes you along to see what it can show you. It is, in fact, this gift, this beauty of music that bands strive for. It is, in many ways, the musical ideal. And Sinombre, when they can hook you, has a real appreciation, a real understanding of what theyre talking about. Sinombre comes across, first and foremost, as honest. It pains me to say, though, that a lot of what detracts from the album is the vocal stylings of lead singer Gabriella Marks. Not that Miss Marks cannot sing, mind you. And in their own way, her vocals have exactly that despondent, detached feel that come across in every way. But the lyrical melodic lines repeat and change little. The first line you hear in the song sounds exactly like the last. Theres little range, little emotional change at all, sounding almost like affected apathy rather than a general mood of whatever with the occasional reason why. If Sinombre backs down from the lyric-heavy system they have going now and keeps doing exactly what theyre doing with their instrumentals, this band could absolutely rule the despondency scene, swatting down the sugar-pop armies with giant King Kong mitts. For now, take in this album for those nights when Mommy/Daddy/boyfriend or girlfriend doesnt understand you. Sinombre might know exactly where to take you.
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