"Song With No Words" by Sweatmaster from the album Tom Tom Bullet. 2005.
Just had this band sent to me a few days ago and immediately dug their sound. They aren't too well-known and hail from Finland, so unless you can read Finnish, Wikipedia won't be your go-to source for them. They've a website that hasn't been updated for a while, but you'll find a discography and some samples. That's about as far as I've gotten, besides s few YouTube lookie-loos.
I can perhaps best describe them as a harder version of OK Go. A fun listen with a touch of jaggedness. In terms of style, it may not be eloquent, but man is it jammin'! The similarities to OK Go continue with the music videos too. As previously described, OK Go has some exquisite videos that bust the norm. "Song With No Words" follows suit. Think of those community posterboards where anyone can paste flyers for underground or word-of-mouth events. There's normally a hodgepodge of clashing styles, designed to attract the eye or evoke a memorable response. In the video, these wild posters get animated and interact with one another. It's a great effect, much like their video to "Good Looks, Big Deal." Their instruments power racing cars, and they speed around a stylized cityscape.
All-in-all, a good band and nice close to the first third of the year's featured songs. As is tradition for my song of the week, I like to start each third with a similar-class per year and half-create a sort-of playlist as best as my short-term discoveries will allow. So now that the first third is cemented, you can click the "Randor's Song of the Week" tag and hear the list from January's first week to today's!
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