SOFY
MAJOR: Documentary Of Band's Conquest Through Superstorm Sandy Disaster
Playing At GearGods
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Tech/equipment/studio-based
internet portal, GearGods, is now playing Buckets, Curtains & More Noise,
an incredibly in-depth video documentary released by French noise metal act, SOFY
MAJOR, meshing intense interviews of the band members with endless
amounts of footage captured during October 2011's massive Superstorm Sandy.
The decimating, record-setting
hurricane inundating the East Coast US right as SOFY MAJOR had
migrated from the post-industrial badlands of Clermont-Ferrand, France to
Brooklyn, New York to record their Idolize LP at Brooklyn's Translator
Audio studios with Andrew Schneider (Unsane, Keelhaul, Cave In). Sandy razed
the studio, flooding and ruining endless thousands of dollars of equipment,
including everything the French trio had imported for the recording. Forging
through it all, with the help of some remarkable friends, the sessions were
quickly rescheduled at nearby locations, Idolize was recorded with
extreme aggression, and the band's US tour carried on. This nearly
twenty-five minute documentary showcases the band's entire incredible story
of their struggle to keep spirits high and tells the heartfelt appreciation
for their American cohorts and fans who helped them through and made the
album a reality.
Like a demented mesh of the
Melvins slamming into High On Fire with undeniable noise/metal influences
instigated by the likes of Unsane, Quicksand and Deadguy, Idolize
encapsulates SOFY MAJOR's intoxicating concoction of sludge riffage,
stale beer, shattered dreams and perseverance. Listen to and purchase the
entire bruising LP via Solar Flare Records HERE.
"The roads travelled by post-hardcore, the caustic
noise-core of Unsane and guitar acrobatics of Cleveland favorites Keelhaul
converge at French band Sofy Major." - Invisible Oranges
"...an example of excellent and intelligent musical
execution, as well as a defiant refusal to accept defeat... The energy and
clarity of Idolize, combined with its excellent execution under difficult
circumstances, make it both a triumph of aesthetic and will." - Exclaim!
"...finds the Clermont-Ferrand three-piece beating
out a stirring blend of crunchy noise rock and heavier fuzz riffing, somewhere
between Kyuss Big Muff fuzz (see "Comment") and modern Unsane's
sense of churning chaos, with - and why not? - a touch of Melvins tossed in
for good measure..." - The Obelisk
"Sofy Major has riffs that have that type of instant
hook that suck you in, and there's a nice balance between the slower,
off-kilter noise rock and faster numbers where the instrumentalists throw
everything they have at the listener." - Cosmos Gaming
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