Music Review by Rome Jorge
ALBUM REVIEW
Go Get It by Edible Smoke
Recess gets it right
By Rome Jorge Lifestyle, Editor
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Not a lot of people get what punk is. Not the young kids who worship Emo (meaning “emotive” punk) bands of today simply because they weren’t born yet when Talking Heads, the Ramones or the Clash defined the genre in the 1970s or when Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie prefigured the music in the 1960s or even when Nirvana finally broke through the mainstream in 1990s. Not the Mohawk-haired leather-garbed youths who rehash museum piece stereotypes of the subculture. But Edible Smoke Recess does. They even get Emo right.
Their song “Bus Ride” rocked the airwaves courtesy on NU 107.5 and its many listeners who requested it. The rest of their album doesn’t disappoint either. Heavily influences by Nirvana as well as local punk greats such as Philippine Violators and Wuds, their music bears the attitude of Sonic Youth and Helmet but without the overbearing seriousness. This is music that a rocker can truly enjoy. “My Emo Song” with verses such as “Who’s gonna sing my song, hum it along, when I’m gone?” combines catchy hooks, brawny guitars and hurt-so-good drums and plaintive and pained vocals with ironic witticism. These guys are tight. They know when to hold back and let their sensitivity show and when to blow you away with raging rock.
Go Get It by Edible Smoke
Recess gets it right
By Rome Jorge Lifestyle, Editor
Ref Link
Not a lot of people get what punk is. Not the young kids who worship Emo (meaning “emotive” punk) bands of today simply because they weren’t born yet when Talking Heads, the Ramones or the Clash defined the genre in the 1970s or when Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie prefigured the music in the 1960s or even when Nirvana finally broke through the mainstream in 1990s. Not the Mohawk-haired leather-garbed youths who rehash museum piece stereotypes of the subculture. But Edible Smoke Recess does. They even get Emo right.
Their song “Bus Ride” rocked the airwaves courtesy on NU 107.5 and its many listeners who requested it. The rest of their album doesn’t disappoint either. Heavily influences by Nirvana as well as local punk greats such as Philippine Violators and Wuds, their music bears the attitude of Sonic Youth and Helmet but without the overbearing seriousness. This is music that a rocker can truly enjoy. “My Emo Song” with verses such as “Who’s gonna sing my song, hum it along, when I’m gone?” combines catchy hooks, brawny guitars and hurt-so-good drums and plaintive and pained vocals with ironic witticism. These guys are tight. They know when to hold back and let their sensitivity show and when to blow you away with raging rock.
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