Sick Puppies play show at Higher Ground
Noel Berthiaume Entertainment Writer
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Entertainment
So why do I like this band? According to Pandora Radio, I like music with "Melodic Songwriting, Twelve-Eight time signatures, Minor Key Tonality, Acoustic Rhythm Guitars and a Triple Note feel." But really I just like anything with great guitar and lyrics that actually say something. If feel like I can relate to the lyrics I'm usually sold. They're fun for the whole family, really, from songs about your crappy relationship; the cheater you can't break up with, to that odd kid you just can't figure out, to the "Asshole Father" of Shim's ex-girlfriend. Emma even jumps in every now and then to sing on one of my personal favorites "White Balloons". Their lyrics are honest enough to gain one of those little parental advisory stickers. (Occasional use of the F-word. Kids, you've been warned.) Their music video for "My World", a frame of it is also the album cover, illustrates the constant pressures on young women to be perfectly thin as the prerequisite to beautiful. While, "You're Going Down" is all about a fight-to-the-death water balloon war between neighborhood children.
The first time I heard Sick Puppies I didn't even realize that they only had three people in their band. There's something about their sound that's different, unlike a lot of other bands classified as rock they don't over play to sound "hardcore". Shim, Emma and Mark play seamlessly together creating a kind of cohesiveness that most bands only wish they had. I can't even begin to list how many bands sound like their guitarists and drummer are fighting for the audience's attention, while these guys actually compliment each other. Their albums are full of raw power and unapologetic lyrics that connect with listeners' world-wide. If you read interviews they state again and again that they are all about their live performances'. These guys weren't manufactured in a sound studio. They aren't another American manager's brain-child for record sales. Sick Puppies is the real deal.
The first time I heard Sick Puppies I didn't even realize that they only had three people in their band. There's something about their sound that's different, unlike a lot of other bands classified as rock they don't over play to sound "hardcore". Shim, Emma and Mark play seamlessly together creating a kind of cohesiveness that most bands only wish they had. I can't even begin to list how many bands sound like their guitarists and drummer are fighting for the audience's attention, while these guys actually compliment each other. Their albums are full of raw power and unapologetic lyrics that connect with listeners' world-wide. If you read interviews they state again and again that they are all about their live performances'. These guys weren't manufactured in a sound studio. They aren't another American manager's brain-child for record sales. Sick Puppies is the real deal.
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