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Long-running members of the local punk scene, Sokea Piste's concoction of Finnish punk comes with a pinch of Rudimentary Peni mixed with the ominous flavour of the late eighties' Aussie and American mid-tempo bands like Lubricated Goat and Flipper. The band's experience shines through on their second full length, Valmiiseen Maailmaan, on which they sound more hard-hitting, oppressive and confident than ever before. Concentrating on their fortes, Sokea Piste has produced a thirty-minute punk rock blast that blows you away with its powerful rhythm and desperate fury. Though the record is bursting with sharp and catchy songs, the band is not afraid to write original and startling compositions, either. Sokea Piste possesses the rare skill of creating music that is, at the same time, addictive and challenging, pessimistic and hopeful, chaotic and logical. The lyrics are sung in Finnish and they deal with the phenomena of the modern world in an explicit and ironic way. Haunting stuff!
Our take: 3rd full-length from this Finnish hardcore band and I continue to be baffled at how criminally underrated they are... maybe it's because they don't have a retro sound, maybe it's because they aren't d-beat, or maybe it's just because their music is just way too smart for its own good, but I just can't seem to figure out why this band isn't relentlessly hyped. I suppose this is right in my wheelhouse in that, in terms of genre, it sits in that fertile little space between noise rock and straightforward hardcore, in a space occupied by personal favorites of the past several years like Pollution and Double Negative. In other words, there's a relentlessness and a speed that comes from hardcore, but a creativity in the riffs and arrangements that goes well beyond what you might expect from a typical hardcore band. There are so many killer riffs and weird little harmonies on this record, yet it never sounds metallic... just like dense and heavy hardcore punk. I suppose there's also a certain 90s sensibility in the way that this seems defiantly un-retro and forward-thinking, and for that reason fans of Partners in Crime-type bands like Talk Is Poison or His Hero Is gone would probably like this as well. The artwork is also totally killer this time around, creating an original and enveloping visual iconography that perfectly matches the music. Highly recommended.
Our take: 3rd full-length from this Finnish hardcore band and I continue to be baffled at how criminally underrated they are... maybe it's because they don't have a retro sound, maybe it's because they aren't d-beat, or maybe it's just because their music is just way too smart for its own good, but I just can't seem to figure out why this band isn't relentlessly hyped. I suppose this is right in my wheelhouse in that, in terms of genre, it sits in that fertile little space between noise rock and straightforward hardcore, in a space occupied by personal favorites of the past several years like Pollution and Double Negative. In other words, there's a relentlessness and a speed that comes from hardcore, but a creativity in the riffs and arrangements that goes well beyond what you might expect from a typical hardcore band. There are so many killer riffs and weird little harmonies on this record, yet it never sounds metallic... just like dense and heavy hardcore punk. I suppose there's also a certain 90s sensibility in the way that this seems defiantly un-retro and forward-thinking, and for that reason fans of Partners in Crime-type bands like Talk Is Poison or His Hero Is gone would probably like this as well. The artwork is also totally killer this time around, creating an original and enveloping visual iconography that perfectly matches the music. Highly recommended.