SONIC NIGHTS is made up of brothers Tom and Arthur Lohrmann and blends Pop, Dance, 1970’s Pop and Alternative
elements. Produced by Sean Small, who
has previously worked with the Friday
Night Boys, ‘Mirrors’ has been remastered
for official release and is now available on the duo’s website for just $5 (just
over £3). The band’s music style is inspired by the likes of Jimmy Eat World and The Starting Line and Fountains of Wayne.
Blasting
typical Pop Punk that would be perfectly at home on a Fountains of Wayne album,
it almost comes across that SONIC NIGHTS
have taken their influences to heart than they come across very clearly in
their music. The rhythmic guitar and simplistic drumming (as well as signature
exaggerated American accent), ‘The Girl
Next Door’ is made up of everything on the checklist for a Pop Punk track.
Despite this, the duo have said that it was one of the most difficult songs for
them to write, which is hard to believe given the straightforward structure of
it. Right down to the instrumental breakdown towards the end of the track and
the general relationship-overview lyrics, ‘It feels good, but it’s not right’,
the All-American Rejects inspiration is difficult not to spot.
‘Back in My Head’
reflects a well-engineered band in the sense that they know who they are as
artists, but fail to bring anything ground-breaking to the table. Their work is
harmless but comes across as uninteresting because of almost unenthusiastic
harmonies and a dull melody throughout the song.
Keeping
with the trend of typical Pop Punk, ‘Friday
Night’ tells the story of a summer romance and questions how the
relationship might either develop or end when the summer season is over. SONIC NIGHTS have basically done what
Blink-182 did in their earlier days, but this time round, it’s all been done
before and is frankly a snoozefest when it’s nowhere near as good. The most
captivating part of the track is the feeble attempt at different vocals during
the final breakdown, which is a stereotypical tool used in music formed to play
live to get the crowd going.
However, ‘Lead You On’ does show some musical maturity
and variety with heavier guitaring and less Pop-style vocals, with SONIC NIGHTS claiming that their main inspiration
for the track is Rage Against the Machine.
Its overall production is more unusual and the stop-start, rapid motion of the
melody draws the listener in. But the vocals become tedious due to the severe
lack of vocal range illustrated.
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‘All These Monsters’ also brings some
heavier components into play and tells the tale of forming habits in your life
and idolising others, reflecting the idea that addiction is a form of monster
that is difficult to dispose of. Musically, it is impressive that these tracks
are composed by just two people rather than being created by an entire band.
Despite the Metal vibes, SONIC NIGHTS
seem to aim to make music as musically-arrogant but interesting as Muse, but simply lack the unique
qualities.
The duo
make use of many a catchy hook and riff but fail to reflect unusual elements
through most of the EP. SONIC NIGHTS
have created somewhat dynamic music, but there’s just no spark brought about by
something distinctive.
2/5
You can buy SONIC
NIGHT’S ‘Mirrors’ (Remastered) EP directly from their website right now: http://tomlohrmann.bandcamp.com/album/mirrors-remastered
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