Hydra
Melody is an alternative rock band out of San Antonio, Texas. I've been listening to them via
their web site and Soundcloud. Soundcloud has more tracks available, but I prefer
the condensed version that you get on hydramelody.com.
While often
soft and plaintive, with strummy guitars, I like them best when they are
rocking harder. For that reason I need to call out "Rubix", which I
have only found on Soundcloud. The intro starts with a no-nonsense drumbeat,
then adds some less down to earth synthesizer, and as guitars and vocals comes
in everything balances right, and you get an interesting song that you can
listen to many times, knowing it is still saying more.
I can't
really compare them to anyone else, as they pull in different threads. The piano on "Pros And Cons of Self-Liberation" sounds a
little honky-tonk, but the rest of the song really isn't. They may
be more intellectual than most bands.
The live
videos seem to be funkier. I'm not sure whether that is primarily song
selection, or just a different facet that engineering didn't pull out when they
were recording, however, they do have some live dates coming up, and some of
those dates are with TEAM, which should be a good line-up.
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