SOAR's 'Fatigue' Is Brisk Pop-Punk About Tiresome Feelings
The Bay Area band features members of Joyride, Watercolor Paintings, Void Boys and Dreamspoiler, and combines the best elements of each of them for maximum, collaborative joy.
SOAR, a Bay Area band composed of musicians who had previously sang and performed in their own bands, was born of a desire to make something moreJoyride's hooky melodies and Void Boy's predilection for grunge-y guitars are left intact and, while SOAR never gets quite as loud and harsh as Dreamspoiler's doomy hardcore, it retains its emotional intensity; it never gets as sweet and soft as Watercolor Paintings' lo-fi folk, but mines those charming harmonies.
