New Music: Sundrone

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I constantly find myself gravitating towards little known bands, bands that don’t fit very well into any particular genre and never completely catch on, snubbed both by the indie and the “scene” crowd. The shortlist includes Brazil, The Snake the Cross the Crown and Codeseven (and two of them have disbanded in recent years).

Following the split of Codeseven, two bands were been formed – Telescreen (who also feature Jared Draughon of Classic Case fame) have been around for over a year now, and now Sundrone have emerged as well. Only two Sundrone songs have surfaced so far via MySpace; not surprisingly, they sound like Codeseven, but a bit more varied. The second track “And the Bees Made Honey” combines Codeseven’s spaced out synthyness with Minus the Bear’s fretboard gymnastics to create a sound that is wholly their own. If this is any indication, the split of Codeseven may have been to the benefit of all parties involved. Plus, we can always hope for a reunion tour.