Snooper
Worldwide
***and1/2 out of *****
Following up on their exciting debut, the Nashville, TN based Snooper continue their egg punk style with short blasts of raw sounds mixed with odd dance ready outings on Worldwide. The group uses lo-fi artsy twists to the music as they continue to solidify their style.
For those unfamiliar with Snooper's egg punk style, look no further than the groups cover of The Beatles classic "Come Together". It runs just 1:31 and uses quirky stop and starts, low-fi sounds, slamming moments and wry sense of charm. If you enjoy that spin on the well worn tune you will dig Worldwide as that Devo inspired style filters through all of the other tracks here, starting off with "Opt Out" which uses a skittering beat fuzzy, noise influenced guitars and snotty disaffected vocals.
The group primarily oscillates between post-punk dance influenced numbers and heavy slamming punk riots. When they move with more of a groove focus, on tracks like the motoring low-end driven "Company Car", the electro based, yips and yelps colored title track and the buzzy pulsing "Star 6 9" the bouncing fun percolates and overflows. When they go for the heavier side of things, such as on the clanging "On Line" the raw punk flashing "Blockhead" and especially the hardcore slamming of "Hologram" those dance floors will quickly turn into mosh pits.
The best of Snooper seems to arrive when they combine those two styles. "Guard Dog" has blasts of both sides of the band's coin with a punk underbelly and groovy stop starts, "Pom Pom" uses high school angst, grinding guitars with pogo popping, and "Relay" gets a dirty groove rocking before a cataclysmic ending. Closer "Subdivision" also goes this combo route, but runs on a bit long, Snoopers style definitely works best in brief attacks.
Solidifying their sound, Worldwide continues Snoopers eccentric punk style successfully.
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