Urgency // Superhumanoids

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Urgency // Superhumanoids

After a while, listening to energetic, messy, exaggerated music can get on ones nerves. Constant distorted guitars and massive crescendos are all well and good, but it’s a good idea to break it up with something a bit more considered. This is where Urgency from LA outfit Superhumanoids fits perfectly. The four piece group has only begun doing official releases within this year, all of them digital, and according to Sound-Cloud all of them free. Their first, Contemporary Individual was an early taster for their sound, with the tracks “Contemporary Individual” and “Dangerous Strangers” serving as precursors to this month’s release of Urgency. And boy, has it been a nice surprise.

Urgency sounds like one of the most conserved, considered, and careful releases I’ve heard in a long time. Everything in each song could be mathematically planned and it wouldn’t be tighter. Recording on every instrument is wonderful, especially the drums, transmitting some very tight, deep playing on the toms with sharp taps on the cymbals.
There are some lovely influences of shoe-gaze music here too, effects placed on the guitar especially help create the echoe-y atmosphere along with the vocals and the synth keyboards.

Speaking of vocals, the type displayed on this record are wonderful. I can’t think of a better vocal delivery to suit to this music, and the bands frontman has really excelled in this area. In fact, the minimalist nature of basically all the instruments is, like I said, very refreshing instead of just some more distortion (although I do love Jack White).

So, thumbs up for Urgency from Superhumanoids. Check it out, and download it here: http://soundcloud.com/superhumanoids/sets/urgency