Another awesome experimental band.
Sonic Boom Six are sometimes labeled as punk, sometimes as ska, and sometimes as reggae/hip-hop with punk, dub and ska (that is the closest definition of their unusual sound). They also have some jpop influence, which can be clearly heard in the female vocal style. Not to make you feel confused, I’ll try to explain. This is a five piece band with one girl singing and four guys singing, playing bass, guitars, drums, saxophone, trombone and sampling. Oh and they have great British accent.
The biggest success of this band is that everything sounds very natural and has one major influence in every song – ska. Everything else varies from song to song. It can be hip-hop or punk or some dub piece, but there are always elements of ska. Sonic Boom Six manage to get everything together so well, that it is easy to believe that you are listening to the same band that manages to change style in every four minutes. Rapping takes most probably the second place in the influences, of course it is nothing like professional rappers, still it is okay and reminiscent of acts like Rage Against The Machine and Flobots.
