photo credit: kyle johnson

I’ll be the first to admit that I am terrible about devoting much time to anything that is sent to me in the mail, and I’m really working on changing that habit. As of a few weeks ago, I started listening to some of the cd’s that have been piling up in various spots around the house, and one of the sounds that have caught my attention is being made by a Seattle band called Siberian.

What caught my attention about the sound was that there were elements of the songs, that were all too familiar. The guitar sounds, the vocal delivery, the tempo, all sounded so familiar, yet there was an element of the songwriting that separated the songs from the similarity that I couldn’t directly attribute to one specific artist. Lush guitars and vocal arrangements that hint at early Radiohead and early 90′s U2 grab the attention, but the songwriting abilities of the band to stay true to it’s own style are deserving of a listen.

While many bands are out to try to be as original sounding as they possibly can, Siberian seem to embrace their apparent influences and focus on the songwriting, while crafting an album that listens solid from start to finish. “Belgian Beers and Catholic Girls” starts off With Me setting the pace for the rest of the recording which is highlighted with tracks “Paper Birds”, “Wolf and Crane”, and “Tiny Ships Brave Tiny Seas”.

Siberian are on the road currently in support of With Me and have landed themselves a slot at this years Sasquatch! Festival.

You can catch them here in Austin @ the Mohawk this Thursday 4.17.

Purchase With Me@ Sonic Boom Recordings

Siberian myspace

MP3> Siberian ‘Paper Birds’

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 at 2:41 pm and is filed under mp3's, recommended.