New Release // The Deep Sea Divas - Self-Titled Debut
Riverside based two piece, The Deep Sea Divas, released their 'Self-Titled' debut LP over Memorial Day weekend and we're kicking off the new week, hung over and all, with their new release. Consisting of only two members, Drummer David Contreras and Vocalist/Bassist Jonathan Sonora, the band puts out a massive wall of sound and energy, Jonathan's driven bass playing immediately makes you forget there's a guitar missing and the drumming in this record is exceptional, filling in any holes left by the bass. The two combine to make a very unique mix of surf-punk and noise rock, here's our play by play:
The band intro's their self-titled with 'Dysfunctional Family', a short burst of energy that essentially acts as a prelude for what's to come. 'Piranha', probably the catchiest song in this release, is a through and through noise-punk tune, think Scratch Acid/Wipes but with an added dash of reverb that compliments the singing. The piranha in this song is very angry and someone's questioning his ocean home, we love the whole underwater, first person, fish perspective Jonathan goes with throughout the record. Did we say Surf-Punk earlier? More like deep sea trench-Punk. 'Catfish' continues the underwater noise rock vibe. David Contreras' drumming truly starts to shine on this track, the dance-punk drive during the verses and explosive fills splashed throughout the song are spot on. 'My Mommy Doesn't Love Me' is short jam sitting in the middle of the record, it's followed up by 'Tiny Hands', a slower jam that serves as a nice break from the rest of the record, Jonathan takes this opportunity to display his versatile singing. In 'I Hear Dolphins' the band displays their surf-punk chops and it actually gives us Horrors vibe as well, one of our favourate tracks on this release. With 'Tides' Deep Sea Divas continue to show their versatility, this tune is a throw back to early 80's Post-Punk and the band makes efficient work of reverb and delay which stands on the songs tail end. After 'Tides' and 'I Hear Dolphins' Deep Sea Divas explode once again with 'Merman', another reminder of the bands punk backbone. The final track on the release 'Red Fish' brings us back the Scratch Acid noise-rock angst, the song breaks down into a deep sea psychedelic trans, which we never saw coming. A pleasant ending to a surprisingly eclectic LP.
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The Deep Sea Divas 'Self-Titled' debut can be found on Bandcamp here:
