MP3 REVIEW: SORNE “House of Stone”

SORNE “House of Stone”

                I have to hand it to SORNE.   When I listened to this first song, I thought this was going to be noise until some vocals kicked in and it sounded soft with almost no accompanying music.   After the first song, I obviously thought this was going to be a waste of time.

                And then I heard the second song.

                It has that breathing and not-really-words noise making vocals in the background over someone singing quite powerfully.    He really belts it out when he declares “fuck your rights and your wrongs”.   That was a curveball that caught me off guard and definitely got me quite more interested in these songs.

                The music itself sounds somewhat tribal on the second song—that’s probably the best way to describe it.    This pattern continues throughout the remainder of songs.   In fact, in the second song he sings about his tribe, just making my comparison seem even more legit. 

                So what is SORNE?  It’s not quite something you’d hear straight up Native Americans doing as a rain dance or what have you, and it’s not quite the opening theme for “Dead Like Me”, but it’s somewhere in between those two with crazy rock n roll vocals.    It is definitely unique—possibly an acquired taste—but I’m really digging it.