Take Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Portishead, Aimee Mann, Pink Floyd, a Quentin Tarantino Film, and Maybe a Shot of Absinthe..and You Get the Band Cinetrope. They Are Seriously Brilliant. I'm Having Trouble Picking Only One Track to Play.
Cinetrope’s film music concept is apparent in the band’s mood-setting dream pop. With the occasional surf-like guitar, front woman Sharron Von Hoene’s Siouxsie Sioux-meets-Nancy Sinatra style and overall David Lynch-esque atmosphere, the band’s indie rock is undeniably ethereal and catchy. In celebration of its latest release “Once I Ruled The World,” a concept album about a zombie-like apocalypse that leaves few survivors, the band is offering a free copy with each paid admission. Atlanta’s Feeding Fingers play an equally ethereal, Cure-like goth pop that takes the listener on a somewhat darker aural exposition. Nerd Parade’s acoustic-y indie pop with occasional electronic flourishes acts as the opening credits to the night’s proceedings.
Cinetrope
A FINE ROMANCE: "Ochre Haze," the opening track from this Atlanta quartet's new CD, sounds like a jazzier and less synth-centric Stereolab, but that's just part of the story. The flexible, free-ranging vocals of Sharron Scott contain traces of Siouxsie Sioux and Beth Gibbons (Portishead) more often than the 'Lab's Laetitia Sadier. Cinetrope's stylish bounce most often recalls the criminally underrated and largely forgotten Canadian group Martha and the Muffins. Go see this CD release show and grab a copy of Cinetrope's groovy "This Strange Romance" . With Five Eight, the Lord Is My Shotgun.
A New Sound
When was the last "alternative" band you heard that was actually alternative? I certainly can't remember. But last night I saw an original band at the 10 High Club that truly provided an alternative to everything I've been hearing lately: Cinetrope.
A female lead that has a talent for writing poetic, meaningful lyrics that draw the audience in.
Cinetrope has a smooth, spacey sound that is unlike anything I've ever heard. Sharron sings with an almost jazzy texture, reminding me just a little of Portishead. They did a fantastic funked-out cover of Immigrant Song, which everybody loved. Their set brought together the genres of rock, pop, new wave, and something I couldn't quite put my finger on. Whatever it was, it's what made them sound so different.
I highly recommend this band the next time you're shopping for a CD or looking to check out a great local show.
Emergenza Music Festival second set of eliminatory rounds in Atlanta review. (Cinetrope was one of 4 bands out of 10 to be voted on to the next round):
"Cinetrope, the only band of the weekend with a female lead vocalist, ripped it up. Boy did that lady have a voice!"
Emergenza Music Festival Semifinals (Cinetrope place 3rd out of 9 bands that evening):
"Cinetrope, the only band this evening with a female lead vocalist, closed out the evening with some of the best compositions, vocalizations and stage presence of the evening."