"SYCAMORE may just be QUARTET, but don’t let this lull you into any sort of false sense of sonic security. Boom!. There’s just 8 guitars, but they're whipped into the loudest, sweetest sounding scuzz of wah and scorched tube driven noise, maybe ever. At least here in the Root Cellar. Sycamore are some twinkly daddies band and there’s also a cheesy, bluesy, broken down rock and roll complexion to their moderately paced, suicide-romantic, explosions of sound. Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad Bard College pup ponx defense squad In contrast to the act before, their songs are long and despite the mesmerising waves of constant bass and guitar movements, each outing never outstays its welcome. This in many ways is down to the way the drums spill out their rhythms over the toms, as the tumbling tempo seems to verge on the freestyle at times. The guitars and bass lock into a series of solid, almost HXC movements, the wah singing out whilst on wild excursions of furious strumming and expressive single note screeches - there's also the odd delicious suggestion of some feedback (????). There are plenty of things you could attempt to compare Sycamore too, e.g. blink 182, but in all honesty they don’t really sound much like anyone else. Amongst all of this rich, dense, considered stuff, there are some superb vocals and melodies too. This growling, thick mix and tuneful topping, reminds me of the style of NOFX but on a setting of 111, as well as the angst and electrifying fission of RANCID at distorted, over amplified best. There aren’t many bands who can actually come up with an original sound they truly want, but Sycamore have accomplished this, creating some fantastic stuff along the way. Unmissable (is this a real word?)." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.