Thursday, May 09, 2013

Band Review: Simple As Surgery


“Just For the Night” by Simple As Surgery using some thumping piano and groove to accomplish a funkier than average sound. Keyboards are strongly felt on other songs, but whereas the other selections come off as more pop and techno, there’s something more old-fashioned and raw about this one, making it stand out. The other songs are just more typical.
To be fair, that is not a wide selection yet. We have to consider this an up and coming band, that are still developing. That youth, and the ensemble feeling, may be why there is an occasional boy band feeling, but with much stronger instrumentation. That probably comes through the most on “Be With You Always”, which is also their slowest song. They may be a bit stronger with the more danceable pop. “You Got Me Like (Whoa)” and “Again” are both decent offerings here, easily fitting into a club mix.
They could definitely build a strong web presence, adding short bios and some photos to the web page, but right now songs are available via iTunes and Spotify, as well as Amazon. (It is not the exact same selection at each spot; currently iTunes has the most offerings.) There is a Youtube channel which contains some covers as well as songs.
It’s just a start, but has potential. They are going to need to differentiate some.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/simple-as-surgery/id349295483

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