Callosum Closure - So Sweet

The newest record 

For a band to find their sound, it can take a while. For foursome Callosum Closure, their soundcloud would suggest that this rings true. However, with the newest and maybe most publicised track So Sweet (taken from their newest come debut record) the band are entering the "alternative" indie rock song scene with a track that showcases each member's contribution to the band and what sweaty mess they can produce musically. Based out of Hampshire, but congregated from around the country, these boys have made a tune that has so many hooks you could hang the contents of your wardrobe on them.

From the start of the song, you're slapped in the face with the band's lack of concern with major issues such as global warming or political agendas, and instead are met with somewhat orthodox lyrical simplicity, aiming to just have a good time and tell a girl how tasty she is. However, whilst the lyricism behind So Sweet may suggest that this quartet could become the indie scene's trashier, dirtier and stankier boy band equivalent, that doesn't seem to be the point of this track nor the band itself. Rather what they are attempting to create musically is a visual image, one that's bubblegum pink but is as sexy as the red lipstick that that bubblegum is popping over. It's funky, it's noisy, and maybe most importantly it's flirty, in an attempt to both draw on such rock and roll luminaries as Elvis Presley and The Doors whilst mashing in the fuzz from the likes of Twin Peaks or Fidlar. Fundamentally, they're endeavouring to fuse together the so dirty it's good style of late 70s rock together with archetypal garage punk riffs. 

The boys themselves

With a track that's as groovy and distorted as this, it's easy to see the direction the band are taking, leaving behind the awkward, in-between, baby steps band phase in an attempt to become a fully fledged artists (i.e. 'make money without getting real jobs' according to their bassist) with a style that is their own. In the most literal sense the foursome themselves are the embodiment of that song The Steve Miller Band sang about being a space cowboy and speaking about the "pompatous of love". This sound seemingly relies on just how four musicians can relay that feeling you get when you tongue the person you fancy, and the taste it leaves.

In short it's thick, stylistic and might just be the sound of the best sex you've ever had...

Taste the sugar and spice for yourself:
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