SBB is Poland\u2019s leading progressive rock trio.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been at it since the early 70s, broke up in 1980, and reformed in the 1990s.\u00a0 In the past, SBB was an established name in Europe; nowadays their music is reaching the rest of the world. <\/p>\n
SBB is an international band, consisting of Polish keyboard player\/bassist\/vocalist Jozef Skrzek, Greek guitar player Antimos Apostolis, and newly added Hungarian drummer Gabor Nemeth (taking over from Paul Vertico).\u00a0 An unusual mix, but it works, and more power to them. <\/p>\n
The Rock<\/i> is truly a wonderful record, combining all of the elements this band is known for.\u00a0 Long-time SBB fans know what to expect from this group, but the band still manages to surprise with structure and arrangements, keeping the band\u2019s sound fresh.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
It\u2019s very interesting how multilayered this album is.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to pick this out after a first listen, but it\u2019s definitely there once you understand this album\u2019s essence.\u00a0 The music itself is very mood-oriented; the songs all differ from one another, yet there\u2019s some sort of invisible chain holding it all together.\u00a0 This perhaps is the charm of SBB — the band is not afraid to break established barriers, even so late in their career.\u00a0 This should be admired.\u00a0 You reform after breaking up because you still have something to say, and SBB definitely has something to say.<\/p>\n
The songs on this record are performed in three languages, with Polish and English dominant.\u00a0 One track is split into a duet between Skrzek singing in Polish and Tamas Somlo (from Hungarian Locomotiv GT — another great band) singing in Hungarian.\u00a0 It is important to mention the uniqueness of Skrzek\u2019s voice — whether he sings or just vocalizes he has this unbelievable calming effect on the listener.\u00a0 Also, it makes no difference what language he performs in — his voice is more like an instrument adding color to the music.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The album opens up with the title track, a very upbeat song.\u00a0 The following track, \u201cBurning Minds,\u201d sets the tone for the album.\u00a0 The dreamy nature of this song is what\u2019s best about SBB, not to mention the deep nature of the lyrics, and impressive delivery.\u00a0 The theme of this song is bit reminiscent to what the band did on their 1980 album Memento z Banalnym Tryptykiem<\/i> (the Polish title), but it works so well here.\u00a0 In \u201cHeaven And Hell,\u201d SBB begins to experiment more and really takes the listener into the unknown.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The instrumental side of this record is just incredible.\u00a0 These musicians understand each other perfectly.\u00a0 The record sounds so natural and very organic.\u00a0 The Rock<\/i> actually feels like much of it could\u2019ve been improvised because of its free feel.\u00a0 I can only imagine the heights these songs could be taken to in a live setting.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been a long-time fan of this group, but if you\u2019d like to hear one of rock\u2019s best kept secrets, then you should investigate SBB yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":29209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8146],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-40748","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-sbb","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40748"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40748"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}