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Social 66: Social 66

Social 66

(Social 66)
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Release Date: 
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Grade:
B-
Tracks: 
12

Social 66 is the name of the debut album for the band of the same name, Social 66, that came out on April 1, 2014. The 12 tracks are all a hard rock & roll songs that have used all the elements that make up a hard rock song. Lead vocals and guitar is front man Jason Odaniel, more guitar is from Se7en (and yes that is how his name is being spelled), Eric Seevers gives us the bass and even more vocals, and with drums is Joe Bailey. Not the typical band, Social 66 is based out of three different states, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio but that has not stopped them from producing this hard rock album.

While Social 66 has some decent talent when it comes to a hard rock & roll song the one thing that they didn't have on this self titled album is much diversity. They have found their style and they put that style in all their songs. However, they might not try to change the way they play their songs much, the way the songs sound are not the same. Their style is one where the songs are being driven by the guitar riffs, then the vocals of both Jason and Eric, while having the drums giving some strong supporting rhythms. All but one of the songs on this album opens with the guitar and drums grinding out the beats. These songs start by just diving right into the hard rock beats and rhythms, there's no fade in, no slow building to what will be a fast, hard rock song, they just start that way. Well except for track 8, “The Wave, it opens with a somewhat techno/dance beat being played before the guitar kicks in the riffs but the techno side don't last long.

While the instruments are the best quality to Social 66 because of the intense beats being played and the catchy way the make you want to tap out to them, I wasn't too overwhelmed by the vocals. While they are not bad, they aren't great to the point of being mind blowing. Though they are good, but what keeps them from being better is that they have a twinge of sound mixing being used on them. It's not a lot, but it's there and there are moments that it just sounds like the vocals are being played through a can. While the sound of the vocals could have some improvement the way layout of the vocals is actually really good. I liked the back and forth between the two voices of Jason Odaniel and Eric Seevers. What the songs have lacking when it comes the vocals they make up for in the energy being put into the overall sound. This is a pumping album, one that is meant to get the listener riled up and ready to go and I think it does that pretty well.

Lee Roberts
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