Superhumanoids (all the way from LA) played last night at the Grog Shop with Magic Kids and Cults. Good set, by golly! A four piece ensemble featuring set, bass, guitar and keys/synth, these guys know how to entertain. Vocals alternate between frontman, Cameron, and Sarah on keys/synth. Cameron says the name was just a clever juxtaposition of words. "I don't think it's so clever anymore," he chuckled.
Most striking about this band? The drummer stands. What's up with that?! I mean, seriously, how often do you see this? Next to never, methinks.
Haunting guitar riffs juxtaposed with angelic melodies, voice mods, and samples, Superhumanoids deliver a unique sound that strikes me as what a robot love story would sound like. The bass was THROBBING. Seriously, it just pulsed through you. Not in that intrusive way that it would if you were say driving next to someone whose subwoofers are pumping out bass, radiating uninvitedly throughout your body. No, this was just the right amount of bass, comfortable, a welcome bass throbbing...if that makes any sense. The kind of bass that just makes your body hum. Oh, so good.
Cameron, frontman of the Superhumanoids, describes their sound as "electro-pop." I'm sticking to my guns on the robot love sound. I think this could be the beginning of a new genre...
Get your asses to the record store and pick up their music!
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