Trash-pop, guitar rock and melodic miscellany.
Not so much a band as a bloke with a guitar and a laptop, The Smivets deliver a genre-bending blend of pop, rock, punk, prog and many other monosyllables.
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Drumnjon
Jan 21, 2015
YES...FOUND IT...
WHAT A GREAT ROCKIN SONG....
SEAGULLS AND ALL!!!
JON:):):)
Alan L Cole
Jan 19, 2015
Love that intro Steve! The guitar work on this track is awesome! I banged my head on my desk rockin' to it - ouch! Great vocals and lyrics as well. I liked how you wove the gulls into the track. Just an awesome rocker!
Morten Gjermundsen
Jan 19, 2015
This is a really good and well written tune Steve.
Really nice vocals and guitarplaying! Drums sounds killer too.
Excellent performance and production!
Musan Dera
Jan 19, 2015
A very edgy start. Soon Rock is coming in with electric guitars. Lyrics are telling about demons and other dangers of the sea. Life and death.
In between I hear some sea-gulls.
A kind of horror, getting worse.
Nice guitar solo around 3:50.
Yes there are a lot of ways to look to the subject sea and seas can become really dangerous.
I enjoyed this Rock piece. Could be a soundtrack for a "sea-thriller".
spinaceto
Jan 18, 2015
Edgy, Impactfull, Oblique, slapping on the face.......the combination lyrics and song is superb!! Steve you produced a fantastic song here!!! I never miss to check the lyrics ( when provided ) to understand more about the "behind the song". So I did it with your "The Call Of The Sea", and I repeat, Steve you are great!!! The main guitar riffs are so grinding, drums & bass with a fantstic sound. What a change at about 1:10, and later at 1:40 surprise after surprise. Vocals slightly halting the vamp ( sounding kinda indifferent or not worrying about -imho- ) this is "performance style" my friend! The guitar lead with the same "timbre" and edgy like the vocals imho, cutting the air around: superior!!
I liked this one, so original, and absolutely the most impressing song for me of the yesterday´s challenge!
Carlo D'Anna
Jan 18, 2015
Outstanding!! Has a Vandergraff feel, yet with a modern edge. Blows me away!
Stoob
Jan 18, 2015
Excellently crafted tune. Top notch, mate. Love the hammondy grooving. Songs like this deserve wider attention.
Edit: Read up on the lyrics and yea, much darker than I first thought. Nice. :)
Sounds by Ramolly
Jan 18, 2015
Love the introduction, guitar is awesome, way to go!!!
Oddger
Jan 17, 2015
From the intro with the great effect to the half spoken vocals and the Pete Townshend-like guitar breaks, this is another gem from the Smivets' layer. Great guitar work and super build up of a great rock song. The lyrics are deep, dark and mysterious - just like the deep dark sea.
Great job, once again, Steve!
Dollar Bill and the Unmentionables
Jan 17, 2015
Trust the Smivets to come at a challenge from a unique angle. Love it! Bits of darkness sprinkled throughout give it a great edge, such as the tritone bits for the guitar solos.
Michael Duran
Jan 17, 2015
If you have something to say it's always best at 90db ;)
Smashing Prog Steve, this ROCKS!!!
love the gull'squeaks :)
Rodrica Rudge
Jan 17, 2015
Brilliant lyrics...really like those, clever stuff. Nice loud in-your-face track, great sound. Excellent vocal delivery, perfect for the content of the song. I like the seagull sounds in there...how did you get them to collaborate with you? I guess you lured them with a few McDonalds. Another definite hit.
Michael Bennett
Jan 17, 2015
Brilliant work, not an effect, eh...sounds great and like all of your work is top shelf all the way...loved this one too!
Seagulls... :) Years ago I was bullied by several seagulls to turn over my cinnamon churro at Seaworld San Diego... killer prog here Steve! Love those rockin' guitars - awesome tone! Great vocals for this genre - a fantastic production!