Sister Cities new demo

"Sister Cities new demo"
-oh yeah, you can dance to this
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This is one of the most addicting locals we’ve heard in a while. Although their music isn’t as bright and sunny as the now unfortunately defunct Format, the band still induces that Beach Boys, falling in love on the Ferris wheel feeling. We received a copy of Sister Cities new four song demo/ep recently, and I just can’t get enough of these songs. From beginning to end this disc has an almost dreamlike feel. The opening track, “White Dress”, is phenomenal. I instantaneously fell in love with its drum/piano intro, sounding like something similar to a 1960’s Zombies release. Aside from the songs smile inducing into, I have to be honest what really grabbed my attention the most about this track, and I know this is rarely heard, was the bass. I really enjoy and respect bands who can utilize their bassists’ abilities as more of a lead than rhythm. Maybe not too much though, we don’t want it going to their heads. I’m looking at you Fat Mike! The second track, “The Other Boys”, seems to be the most serious song of the four, as far as sound and style are concerned. With its very saleable chorus this is probably also the most commercial sounding song on the disc. Not that it is a bad thing. Bands don’t like eating on the dollar menu all the time either people! The last two tracks “Lately” and “Bruised Knees” are both good songs as well. We just found that we kept the first two on a more constant rotation than the latter. One more thing we need to mention, yeah yeah we do a lot we know, but we believe in giving credit where its do, is that the band worked with producer/engineer Bob Hoag on the tracks. It must be something about the way you record drums Bob. You can pick up a copy of this savory disc for free, amazingly, directly from the band at any of their shows.

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