David on guitar and vox, Jason on drums, Tommy Panic on bass, and Steve C on guitar.
Influences
Swervedriver. And then My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Guided by Voices, The Beatings, New Order, Spacemen 3, Cure, Dinosaur Jr, Smiths, Afghan Whigs, Archers of Loaf, Pavement, Replacements, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Bob Mould, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Buffalo Tom, Swell.
The latest reviews are in on our first record. Some very nice things have been said :
"Ah yes, there’s something familiar yet refreshing about Scuba. *** The opener “You Break my Heart in 1000 Different Ways” hums with airy, shimmering guitars that are part surf and part modern rock that plunk you down somewhere in 1988, during the first few Pixies and Throwing Muses records. Yeah it’s retro, but sometimes I don’t mind retro. Anyone who’s had their heart broken will relate and want to sing along with the title chorus. After half a dozen listens it’s still my favorite song on the disc." -- Phil McNamara (wormtown.org)
"Scuba presents a feedback-worshiping rock album that, when necessary, veers on the noisy side of shoegaze and other times emanates pure melodic power-pop." -- Michael Marotta (Boston Herald)
"Scuba duck the 'samey' tag with aplomb by using studio and songwriting tricks to good effect, sometimes washing the sound-field with enormous distortion, other times pulling back to a tunneling bassline and a few chimed guitar notes, sometimes compressing everything into angular chords and a great melody." -- John Owen (perfidy.org, blogcritics)
"The allure might simply be their forwardness—striking a comfortable balance between unapologetically au courant jangle-pop and provocatively plain ’90s indie rock. It sort cancels out any threats of pretension—with the latter especially apparent in the warm tones and subdued vocals of 'Gary Power’s Spy Plane.'” -- Martin Caballero (Boston's Weekly Dig)
"The bands overall creative usage of feedback and melody seems to have created a nice album full of catchy noise-pop songs that will most likely be pleasantly received by both fans of shoegaze and solid indie-pop. It’s definitely some good material with a fairly unique approach at that." -- Built on A Weak Spot
And finally from iTunes: "These guys have been underground heroes in Boston for a few years and this album gives a pretty good flavor of what they're about. The songwriting is solid with penty of ache mixed in with the rock. The general vibe is sort of Echo and the Bunnymen uses Swervedriver's equipment after a few drinks at a party in 1993."
Exactly...
*** Text Correction: Dennis Grabowski from The Beatings was gracious enough to produce several songs on our record. He was not responsible for the content.
We'll be playing tonight @ 9pm at Saddle Ranch in Universal City. Hope you can make it, should be a kickass show! If you're nowhere near Hollywood... consider yourself blessed and enjoy your evening. Thanks for listening!
Yay, now you guys are legitimate rockstars! I am giving you the ok to trash hotel rooms and hang with underage roadies. Of course- you didn't hear this from me.
ok just so you know this is Joe Murphy's daughter Jenny...uhmmm if the name Joe doesnt ring a bell maybe Natopia or whatever will. i know Jason knows who i am. haha =]
