Summer set (band)

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Summer set
General information
origin Auckland , New Zealand
Genre (s) Pop-Punk , Melodic Hardcore , Hardcore Punk
founding 1995 as a pace car
resolution 2005
Founding members
Ryan Thomas
Jay Dougrey
Stefan Thompson
Last occupation
Vocals, electric guitar
 Ryan Thomas
Drums
 Stu Young
Electric bass
 Stefan Thompson
Electric guitar, vocals
 Milon Williams
former members
Electric guitar
 Christian Humphreys
Electric guitar
 Jeremy Toy
Electric guitar
 Jay Dougrey
Electric guitar (live)
 Ben Crawford
Electric guitar (live)
 Beltsy Pritchard

Sommerset was a New Zealand punk band from Auckland , founded in 1995 under the name Pacecar and disbanded in 2005.

history

The band was founded in late 1995 under the name Pacecar and consisted of bassist Stefan Thompson, guitarist and singer Ryan Thomas and drummer Jay Dougrey. After a renaming to Sommerset (after the film Sieben , in which the cop played by Morgan Freeman is called "Somerset") the band recorded the first self-titled EP in December 1995 , which had a circulation of 500 and was released in early 1996. Shortly afterwards, Christian Humphreys joined the line-up as the second guitarist. Performances followed for the rest of the year, including their first concert in Australia with the Melbourne band Mid Youth Crisis . For this purpose, a split release was brought out with both bands, which had a circulation of 1000 copies. The debut album More Songs with producer Andrew Buckton was recorded within four days at the end of 1997 . The album was released in early 1998 and was later re-released on the German label Get up and Go . The re-release contains three bonus songs taken from the first EP. In 1999 the group held their third tour of Australia. At the same time there was another split release, this time together with the Melbourne band 28 Days on Kafuey Records in New Zealand and in Australia on Trial and Error Records . At the end of 2000 Christian Humphreys was replaced by Jeremy Toy. In the summer of 2001 the band recorded their second album, again with Buckton as producer. Fast Cars, Slow Guitars appeared in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore , Canada , Europe , the US and the UK that same year . The single Streets Don't Close was released from the album . In December Jeremy Toy left the line-up and was replaced by Milon Williams, who also took up a vocal position. In January 2002, the group played in front of about 2000 people on the Big Day Out , which would also be the live debut for Williams. In April, Sommerset began a tour through Europe, Canada and the USA with a total of 45 performances, including 36 concerts in Europe within 39 days. The tour also included Down by Law , Kill Your Idols and Ensign . In the USA the band also played in the CBGB . On her return to New Zealand, she received the Squeeze Music TV Award in the "Best Live Act" category. In addition, the band received 10,000 dollars from Satellite Media , of which the music video to clutter was financed, which appeared in September of 2002. In December of the same year, the compilation More Songs from Last Century was released , which consists of all publications that had appeared before Fast Cars, Slow Guitars . Then it went on tour through Australia and Singapore. In the latter country, the group played at the Baybeats International Festival together with the American band Brandtson and the Japanese group Buddhistson. In Australia, Sommerset played with Irrelevant from Sydney and The Nation Blue . Another European tour followed in June and July 2003, with appearances in Germany, Italy , the Czech Republic , Denmark , France , Switzerland and England . Among other things, an appearance was held together with the Wu-Tang Clan in Milan and there were also appearances with the Donots . In addition, a seventh tour through Australia was held, this time together with the US band Strung Out . Then the band went back to New Zealand to hold another tour. At the end of 2003, work on the next album followed, which was released in mid-2004 under the name Say What You Want . The drums were recorded for this in York Street Studio in Auckland, the other instruments and vocals in Studio 203, which belonged to the producer Andrew Buckland. The recordings had taken place from February to the end of May, had been mixed by Buckland and mastered in Sydney in Studio 301 by Don Bartley . The songs Faded and Inside were released as a single from the album . The Lord of the Rings camera and lighting crew had been booked for the video clip for the latter song . While the album was being recorded, drummer Jay Dougrey left the cast. With Stu Young as the new drummer, the Australians from Gyroscope went on a three-week New Zealand tour . This was followed by an eleven-week tour through Europe and Australia, which should be the longest in the history of the band. In Europe, the band played at various festivals together with The Offspring , Velvet Revolver and The Bronx . After returning to New Zealand in November, Williams announced his departure from the line-up, but stayed with the band for further appearances until February 2005. Then came Ben Crawford for appearances in New Zealand and Beltsy Pritchard for concerts in Australia as a replacement. In May 2005 the group announced its breakup, which was completed after performing in June and July in Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington and Auckland. In their career, the group has worked with bands such as Sick of It All , Frenzal Rhomb , The Living End , Less Than Jake , Guttermouth , No Fun at All , No Means No , Millencolin , Strung Out, Grade , Sum 41 , Unwritten Law and Goldfinger play.

style

Lunk from punknews.org stated in his review of More Songs From Last Century that the band plays melodic hardcore with borrowings from pop punk. For the song Sometimes I Wonder he wrote that although this is called skatepunk , for him it is more like Australian pop music . In the song The Three R's , parallels to the band One Dollar Short can be heard. Undisclosed is a bit chaotic before Sleepless follows, which is extravagant but boring. Chris' song is instrumental and original and reminds of the NOFX song The Death of John Smith . Self Made joins in as a soulful, but unoriginal pop-punk song that consists of both fast and angry passages and slow, moderate passages. In the other songs that are from More Songs , he did not notice any other noticeable features, but rather described them mostly as unimportant and predictable. In the song MCMXCVII , which is also included on the compilation and was originally included on the split release with 28 Days, the group is also reminiscent of One Dollar Short, which he evaluates negatively. The second song Doubt was much better, and he especially praised the lyrics. The songs Looking into Nothing and Jay's Song (Victimise) from the split release with Mid Youth Crisis are the best on the album. The songs are more aggressive and solid hardcore punk and would show where Sommerset could have been if they hadn't taken such a commercial path. The lyrics are passionate. The songs from the self-titled EP are very varied and original. However, they are not as hardcore punk-heavy as the two previous songs.

In an interview with Joachim Hiller from Ox-Fanzine , Jay Dougrey stated that he was most influenced by the Descendents . Ryan Thomas named Hüsker Dü as a major influence. Thomas was persuaded by Skid Row and Mötley Crüe to start playing the guitar. Later he became interested in nirvana . Dougrey was influenced in his childhood by the records of his babysitter and by MTV , where he met Oingo Boingo and U2 . He later moved to Australia and came into closer contact with the punk scene. As examples, he cited publications on Au-Go-Go Records by Hard-Ons and The Meanies . after moving to New Zealand, he came into contact with US punk. Dugrey also noted that there is no MTV in New Zealand and that there is only a cable channel at all. A year earlier, Hiller had reviewed the album More Songs . The Get Up And Go! call the music emopunk . The music, however, is not whiny, “but kicking punk with moving melodies”, “angry, loud rock” with “quieter, thoughtful parts”. In addition, the music is comparable to that of Samiam . Hiller also reviewed More Songs From Last Century and came to a similar verdict as before and described the output as melodic old-school punk. Hiller's colleague Thomas Eberhardt stated in his review of Say What You Want that Thomas' singing was "rough and the gentle melancholy of the songs slowly but surely settled in the subconscious". The music is recommended for fans of Hot Water Music .

In unclesally * s, Steven glasses described the music as energetic and powerful punk rock with a high melody content. He thought he could hear influences from Millencolin, Face to Face , Lifetime and No Use for a Name . Ryan Thomas commented cryptically on the subjects of the lyrics : “It's about culture and its loss and alienation, and the state of the people in it. Pop culture, music culture. We probably perceive this more directly on our small, exotic island than elsewhere ... "

Discography

  • 1996: Sommerset (EP, self-published)
  • 1996: Mid Youth Crisis / Sommerset (Split with Mid Youth Crisis , Lifetime Record )
  • 1998: More Songs (album, Kafuey Records )
  • 1999: Sommerset / 28 Days (Split with 28 Days , Kafuey Records (New Zealand) / Trial an Error Records , Australia)
  • 2001: Fast Cars, Slow Guitars (Album, Trial and Error Records)
  • 2002: Special Limited Edition Tour 7 " (EP, Swell Records)
  • 2002: More Songs From Last Century (Compilation, Rockstar Records)
  • 2004: Say What You Want (album, Casadeldisco Records )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Steven glasses: summer set . Punk in Kiwiland. In: unclesally * s . No. 99 , September 2004, p. 18 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Biography. (No longer available online.) Musicmight.com, archived from the original on February 16, 2015 ; accessed on February 16, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicmight.com
  3. ↑ a b c d SUMMER SET. Myspace , archived from the original on March 20, 2008 ; accessed on February 17, 2015 .
  4. ^ A b Matt Barnes: Summerset Say What They Want. (No longer available online.) Nzmusician.co.nz, archived from the original on February 17, 2015 ; accessed on February 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nzmusician.co.nz
  5. ↑ Matt Barnes: Summer Set Say What They Want. (No longer available online.) Nzmusician.co.nz, archived from the original on February 17, 2015 ; accessed on February 17, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nzmusician.co.nz
  6. ↑ SINGLE. sommerset.co.nz, archived from the original on March 8, 2005 ; accessed on February 17, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Summer set - Inside. Discogs , accessed February 17, 2015 .
  8. ^ Lunk: summer set. More Songs From Last Century (2001). punknews.org, accessed February 17, 2015 .
  9. ^ Joachim Hiller: Interviews . SUMMER SET. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 48 (September / October / November), 2002 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed February 17, 2015]).
  10. ↑ Joachim Hiller: SOMMERSET . More Songs CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 40 (September / October / November), 2000 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed on February 17, 2015]).
  11. ↑ Joachim Hiller: SOMMERSET . More Songs From The Last Century CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 51 (June / July / August), 2003 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed February 17, 2015]).
  12. ↑ Thomas Eberhardt: SUMMERSET . Say What You Want CD. In: Ox-Fanzine . No. 56 (September / October / November), 2004 ( ox-fanzine.de [accessed February 17, 2015]).