I don\u2019t think you could find a more obscure band than The Seymores. Coming straight out of Richmond, VA, the rootsy\/alternarock four piece signed with Vernon Yard, a label also home to The Verve, Low, and Acetone. So, they definitely stood out quite a bit. Their music is best described as honest, basic rock with some touches of distortion.<\/p>\n
Opening track \u201cRed Snapper\u201d is a good, standard run of the mill rock song that doesn\u2019t really stand out but it doesn\u2019t suck either. It\u2019s just kind of there and you like it while it\u2019s happening but don\u2019t really remember too much about it afterwards. Singer David Fera has got a voice that seems tailor made for this sort of rock and or roll: not too flashy or bombastic but not boring either, it just fits the band\u2019s sound and songs exceptionally well. A good example would be \u201cKronkite,\u201d just a standout that really perks up the ears.<\/p>\n
Not everything here is a winner. Some songs like \u201cBonecrusher\u201d and \u201cPinhead\u201d are just too long, never really going anywhere and are just dull. \u201cArcade Boy\u201d is a surprising detour into some punk elements which may be off-putting at first but really help the song be significant. There are some really interesting tracks here and some that are just wildly average.<\/p>\n
Closing track \u201cDrywall\u201d is The Seymores\u2019 defining moment. Driven by a simple riff, perfectly laidback drumming, lyrics that evoke the olden times of Richmond and David Fera\u2019s perfect voice, this song is just dynamite. Unfortunately, it\u2019s hampered by including two minutes of a song covered in feedback and distortion that takes away the power of \u201cDrywall.\u201d It\u2019s just a song that I cannot get enough of and was hooked on from the first listen. Just check it out on YouTube and you\u2019ll discover its power.<\/p>\n
The Seymores main claim to fame was appearing in a Dockers commercial sometime in the late \u201890s. They made one more record that went nowhere; they soon split and the members scattered. But if you are digging through a 25 cent bargain bin and discover this disc, just purchase it. You won\u2019t be able to find it digitally and you\u2019ll definitely feel like you\u2019ve done something good with your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":33743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10328],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-45564","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-seymores","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45564","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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45564"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45564"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}