So I Had to Shoot Him - Alpha Males and Popular Girls (CD)

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On their debut full length Alpha Males & Popular Girls, SOIHADTOSHOOTHIM complete their metamorphosis from purveyors of mid-90's art-damaged powerviolence to modern blastpop visionaries. These ten songs marry monstrous metallic riffing and surreal, swirling pop seizures to cyclones of gasoline-soaked noise skronk and arena-sized rock blowouts that are fronted with sass and ferocity courtesy of frontwoman Libby Schaub. Alpha Males is a boldly imaginative debut, chock full of infectious hooks and crazed heaviness that summons crazed grindcore, girl-fronted indie pop, pulverizing metalcore, dance punk, gleaming melodic shoegazer bliss, and mutant stadium-rock anthems ... all in the same breath.

Details

Artist: So I Had to Shoot Him
Country: United States
Genre: Punk Post-punk
Year: 2006
Label: Crucial Blast Records
Format: CD
Catalogue no: CBR48
More info: External

Track listing

People Hugging and Football
Another Roman E' Clef by Hart Bochner
Cadavertising
John Cleese and the Fountain of Youth
King Diamond in the Rough
Stoicism Conservatory for the Marred of Heart
Chausson Chansson
Contusion Schematics
Sherman Tank-Flavored Anvil Forcefeedings
Persuasive

Review

Although you'd never know it by listening to the radio or watching MTV, the early 21st century -- perhaps more than any other time in the history of rock -- has seen quite a few bands that have little regard for sticking to a single genre. A prime example is the New York City/New Jersey quintet So I Had to Shoot Him, which has created a style the bandmembers refer to as "sex metal," in which singer Libby's "Debbie Harry meets death metal" vocals do battle with the noisecore-ish technicality of the instrumentalists in the band. - All Music 4/5

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