The Spotlight Syndicate
“…Forget the Static Past”
(Substandard Records)
I can appreciate where these fellas are coming from. Record players with mounted televisions, and other extra unneeded lights and gizmos unexplainably fixed to them. Mad Max. Blade Runner. A bass player, a keyboardist, and a drummer as your sole members. They’re Trekies! A new breed though; neo-art Trek. The songs on “…Forget the Static Past” are punky space tunes with whiney vocals and a heavy jerking dance vibe.
If going get down to this you virtually will have to have full body spazams. Either that, or I just imagined that dancing a standard jig would fit, and look pretty entertaining. The low end is completely absent on almost all three instruments which give the recording somewhat of a thin feel. If you’re writing a dance song there has to be something with some kick. I mean, good ole’ Capin’ Kirk kicked ass, you know?
