East coast Italians Five O Five prepare for the release of their debut album @Y&! showcasing their noughties driven anthem ‘Where They Bring Sophie?’
With the members being as young as 18 years old, the quartet have encapsulated the garage-rock inspiration of bolstering riff orientated music, along with accented and fuzzy vocals and a pounding drum beat, following the legacy left in the early noughties that is groovy indie music.
At just 18 years old, Five o Five have already performed to audiences as big a 2500 at the Adriatic Bowl for the international skate contest. They are no stranger to expansive performances and are already seasoned at a young age.
With an obvious influence to the Arctic Monkeys album Favourite Worst Nightmare the song is carried by a heavy lo-fi guitar riff that maintains a catchy melody. Along side a consistent voice covered with a fuzzy layer to drive that garage-aesthetic. It is apparent that they take the best of their other influences as well such as the White Stripes’ low-fi and hard hitting textures & the Beatles experimentation and broad influences and mix that with their own personal sounds to create their mark.
What Five o Five incorporate to add a layer of atmosphere are keyboard segments that fill and elevate breaks where there is no guitar. An electronic influence is also apparent, swapping accustomed guitar solos, for a pitch shifted keyboard breakdown which adds a refreshing take to the genre.
What Five o Five do really well in their new track ‘Where They Bring Sophie?’ is they encapsulate everyone’s favourite indie era and remind us of what made it so iconic, whilst creating a refreshing take on it that is not too alien, yet also unique.
‘Where They Bring Sophie?’ is released on the 25th of August in the U.K. and you can check out the music video here;
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