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THE SONG
Pop/punk tunage to satisfy. Melody, juice and a strong hook make this a killer song.
THE CD
Energetic, rockin' and fun, "Fear the Penguin" is a satisfying 10 song disc. Live this band really kicks it into high gear. Their performance at Eat-m was electric. If you dig Weezer, you'll dig Psoma.
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The sun sets once again on the thriving Los Angeles rock scene, leaving new rock bands a transformed landscape on which to perform. It is an environment in which only the strongest, most determined and talented bands seem to thrive. The Hollywood-based Psoma is just such a band.
Featuring a classic four-piece line-up, Psoma (silent P) delivers an energetic brand of music that combines elements of new wave and punk, supercharging it with the sort of turn-arounds, dynamics and melodies that have long fueld straight-ahead rock and rol ala The Foo Fighters and Stone Temple Pilots.
"The songs always come first," says the band's bassist Pete Novitch. "We work really hard on writing the best songs possible. But when we walk on stage, it's all about giving the audience a good old fashioned ass kickin'."
On the band's self produced three son e.p. entitle "350mg", the lead vocals are sure, strong and backed with solid harmonies. The guitars are loud and agressive, and the rhythm section is consistently locked into tight grooves that exhibit as much flare as they do tasteful restraint. Live, the band performs the song faithfully but with just enough enthusiasm and in-the-moment looseness to creat incredibly memorable shows. Marc Blitstein, the drummer, says it best: "Psoma is jumping in your car, turning up the tunes, stepping on the gas and sticking your head out the window. It may seem strange for a band to have become so solid in one year, but Psoma's origins stretch much further back. Just a few well worded searches on the web will bring up the lead vocalist Justin Fisher's name in a number of interesting places. He grew up with the guys from Wezer, recorded a strong rock-pop album with the L.A. based band Shufflepuck (Interscope), recorded/collaborated on 3 more albums with The Rentals (Maverick) and Nerf Herder (Fat Wreck CHords) and toured around North America, Europe and Japan.
"I've had the chance to do some really cool stuff," Justin says. "I've been around a lot of great artists, made some good music and played some rocking shows. But for years I've been going back and forth across the country looking for the right guys to put Psoma together, it's funny that I found them all in L.A.
As luck would have it, Pete, Marc and Justin met through mutual friends of Nerf Herder. They immediately hit it off and began playing shows in L.A. and Santa Barbara as a three-piece, but soon added Iain Wade to round out the band. Psoma is currently writing and recording new material, booking shows up and down the west coast and supporting their latest release "Fear the Penguin"
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