Very Nice Reviews of the New Rekkid

Posted by david on Jun 09 2007 at 9:56 am

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"Scuba presents a feedback-worshiping rock album that, when necessary, veers on the noisy side of shoegaze and other times emanates pure melodic power-pop." -- Michael Marotta (Boston Herald)

"Scuba duck the 'samey' tag with aplomb by using studio and songwriting tricks to good effect, sometimes washing the sound-field with enormous distortion, other times pulling back to a tunneling bassline and a few chimed guitar notes, sometimes compressing everything into angular chords and a great melody." -- John Owen (perfidy.org, blogcritics)

"The allure might simply be their forwardness striking a comfortable balance between unapologetically au courant jangle-pop and provocatively plain 90s indie rock. It sort cancels out any threats of pretension with the latter especially apparent in the warm tones and subdued vocals of 'Gary Powers Spy Plane.' -- Martin Caballero (Boston's Weekly Dig)

"The bands overall creative usage of feedback and melody seems to have created a nice album full of catchy noise-pop songs that will most likely be pleasantly received by both fans of shoegaze and solid indie-pop. It's definitely some good material with a fairly unique approach at that." -- Built on A Weak Spot

"It is clear that they are not entirely consumed by their influences...Gary Powers Spy Plane and Freight are my favorites because they prove that the band has versatility. Scuba is a band to watch out for..." -- Leonid (Boston's The Noise)

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