Review Summary: A young band that shows some promise in a genre that's becoming as cliche as pop-punk.
The Sindia started out as The Day We Fall back in 2004, these kids were just going into their freshman year. In late 2007/early 2008, they changed their name to The Sindia. 2 months after graduating from high school, they released their first EP, titled
The Sindia EP. In short, this EP shows promise for a band that could bring back to life a genre beaten to within an inch of its life.
The Sindia is:
Justin- Vocals
John- Guitar
Jon- Guitar
James- Bass
Daniel- Drums
The EP starts out with the song
Expedition Everest, and the first thing that hits you is the a high voice singing,
"Looking down from my mountain".
Everyone else in this band shows potential in playing their instruments. On this cd, it's nice to hear the bass is prevalent, and he goes along playing his own lines to the song to mold into the melody, instead of following along the guitars. The guitars show some nice abilities, playing off of one another, and they seem to work well doing this, especially in
La Poderosa
Another dynamic this band does not seem to follow is the soft-hard-soft approach to writing songs. They seem to follow the belief of keeping the song all hard, or keeping a song at a slower, softer pace. For example,
Expedition Everest keeps a hard approach throughout, while the next song
A Dystopian Approach sticks with a softer approach throughout.
The third song on this EP,
La Poderosa is my favorite song on the whole EP, the screams are vicious and the singing is top-notch. This song really is the highlight for the vocalist. The band as a whole seems to be on the same page, the guitarist trading off lead duties beautifully and the bass playing a nice melody in the background.
The cd ends off with an acoustic song
Hummingbird, a story of someone to stubborn to admit their wrong. The lyrics in this song are especially nice.
I'd like to note at the end of
A Dystopian Approach, the lead guitar somehow gets the sound like
dredg guitarist Mark Engles. Overall, I'd recommend this EP to anyone looking to here a little bit something different for the genre of Post-Hardcore, and I can not stress enough how much I love the singers voice.
Pros
Band shows promise
Singer
Bass can actually be heard
Cons
Band isn't at their peak yet
