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Reviewed
by: Darklight
S.P.O.C.K
is a three man sci-fi synth-pop band from Sweden. Their songs are rather
uplifting with a slight 80's new wave vibe to them. The overall music
has a light "pop" sound to it. The electronic programming leans toward
science fiction sound effects while the synth melodies are extremely
smooth and soothing. The song structures have a relaxed mood to them
where you can just kick back and enjoy them. I wouldn't really consider
this fast paced energetic techno music, but there are times when the
rhythms and beats do get you moving to them a bit. The vocals are clean
with a slight accent. They fit in well with the music, but do come off
sounding rather typical for this genre of music. The singing is better
on some tracks where there is more harmonic tones used to carry the
lyrics along. Some songs sound as if the singer is reading the lyrics
from a lyric sheet without putting a lot of emotion into his vocals.
But overall the singing is well done and does go with the music. All
of the lyrics deal with science fiction themes ranging from alien abduction
to Star Trek. There's even a song about E.T. here. None of the lyrics
are meant to be taken seriously as they are basically just comical sci-fi
stories. But since the music is harmonic and melodic synth-pop, serious
and meaningful lyrics are not needed to carry these songs along. While
overall this is a clean and well polished electronic album, I do have
a few complaints. First of all, the songs are extremely short for this
style of music. They only play for about three to four minutes. They
end before they should. This makes them seem unfinished. Another problem
that I have is there are two remixes of the same song placed before
two other original songs. I feel that remixes should always be placed
at the end of an album. The bottom line is that this is a good synth-pop
album, but I don't think that it's for everyone considering that it
has such a comical sci-fi theme to it.
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