Solea - Finally We Are Nowhere

It’s truly odd how sometimes you completely lose track of members that were in past bands that you once loved or even still love to this day. That sort of thing kind of happened to me when I discovered Solea. Up until the Texas is the Reason one off reunion at the end of December, I hadn’t really been aware as to what Garret Klahn had been up to since he had been in New Rising Sons. Come to find out he’s been doing Solea with former members of Samiam and Sensefield as well. It’s completely crazy as to how I didn’t even run across this at any point. Even worse, they already have one album under their belt that was released in the US in 2005 and now they are set to unleash their second here in early ’07 called Finally We Are Nowhere through Bad News Records. It should be noted though that the album is already available in Japan and on iTunes.

While I missed out on the first album, I am proud to say that the new album is pretty good. While I imagine it’s often hard to set oneself apart in the world of emo/pop-punk bands these days, I imagine Solea won’t have to work to hard at doing that. Their sound is obviously well matured and that is probably no fluke with almost every single member having been in such amazing bands to begin with. The music is quite poppy at times and even uplifting, however never falls into a horrible lapse of clichéd out cheese ball lyrics or ever sounds like it’s trying to hard. The album is quite sincere in its approach and full of genuinely heartfelt lyrics. One of the things I am quite digging about the album is the nice use of reverb and feedback here and there, creating a nice lush atmosphere to back up the already strong melodies. Definitely quite a welcome addition to the list of projects the members have worked in.

Solea – Finally We Are Nowhere [MP3]
Solea – Far and Wide [MP3]

For anyone looking to purchase the album now, please steer clear of Amazon (they have it for $27 dollars imported) for once and head on over to Momibello and you can pick it up for considerably cheaper. This is the Japan version, so do keep that in mind. It’s also available on iTunes as well, for those that are willing to go that route. Finally We Are Nowhere will officially be out in the US sometime in early ’07. Enjoy!