David on guitar and vox, Jason on drums, Tommy Panic on bass, and Steve C on guitar.
Etkilendikleri
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.
Some recent Reviews. Many very nice things have been said :
"Scuba’s chilled-out vibe rubbed off on the audience in a way that created a unique sense of oneness between performer and viewer. And their rambling banter and cheeky sense of humor only added to this feeling."
"Politically charged songs like “iPod,” the occasional use of a lower vocal range and some syncopation mixed in with heavier, more aggressive musical passages strayed from the cheerful guitar riffs and wonderfully poppy melodies that drove most of Scuba’s set. In a world where creating commercial art is most lucrative, it’s refreshing to see bands toe the line between fun pop music and experimental rock." -- Becky Firesheets (Northeast Performer)
"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."
"Highlights include the album opener "You Break My Heart in 1000 Different Ways," the echoey suspended overdrive of "Freight," the gorgeous Joy-Division wail of "Maybe It's Different With Johnny" and the gigantic suspended-chord riff of "Into The Water, Down To The Bottom." In a just world, or a different time, any one of these songs should be, or should have been, a monster underground hit, part of the lingua franca of cool youth to be passed down by word of mouth."-- 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
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."
"What happens when you take ‘90s indie rock, enormous distortion blended with power pop, ache and angst? You get Scuba, an underground Boston band...A few cuts off their CD, Scuba’s “Break My Heart 1000 Different Ways,” “Freight” and “Maybe Johnny” are achingly lonely and lost, full of dissonance and disconnected emotion." -- Joan Walsh (PlugInMusic.com
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.
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