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SumiNext Year's Passing Trend Dirty Sanchez Music/Independent As shameful as it is to admit, when I learnt that Sumi's first EP was extremely pop-punk I initially turned my nose up at their second because I'm a music snob. However, I subsequently chucked on 'Next Year's Passing Trend' and discovered an amazing example of young music at its best. Opening single Get Whatcha Give really made me sit up and listen. Although they are relatively inexperienced you can hear how much time and effort has gone into this song. It has a very well-trodden layout that Killing Heidi used so very much in their few minutes of fame (and, luckily for us all, Get Watcha Give is so much better). It has to be my favourite on the EP just because it is quite different from what is around at the moment. The disc has an air of heaviness about it - something that you might expect from a band on its second EP. Take the constant bass undertone in Masochist: it's a relatively loud piece of work, not something I would generally listen to in the background. They seem to have a close resemblance in style to many alternative bands at the moment: think early Shihad or even a young Placebo. Yet with the heavy guitar and extremely individual voice of Dan Gaskin there's no mistaking them for anyone else. Sumi seem to be a band that is going places and not just because that's where the public is taking them: it's because that's where they want to be. If I were you I'd jump on and grab a copy of 'Next Year's Passing Trend'. It surprised me; I hope it will surprise you too.  |
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