{"id":8434,"date":"2016-03-16T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loud-clear.co.uk\/edinburgh\/?p=8434"},"modified":"2016-03-16T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:57:06","slug":"sumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loud-clear.co.uk\/edinburgh\/sumer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sel Balamir of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/loud-clear.co.uk\/edinburgh\/2012\/06\/19\/amplifier\/\">Amplifier<\/a><\/strong> loves a good joke. So, when he\u00a0posted on\u00a0Facebook that he was rocking out to a British band who sounded a bit like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/loud-clear.co.uk\/edinburgh\/2012\/09\/18\/tool\/\">Tool<\/a><\/strong>, I thought &#8216;yeah right, no one else really sounds like Tool&#8217;. 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Some of the tracks run into one another\u00a0making it feel like a lovely organic journey and even the ones\u00a0that are only a few minutes long are a real lesson in dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>If I haven&#8217;t frightened you off with any of that, you can have a listen via their own <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sumerband.uk\/#music\">website<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SUMERBAND\/timeline\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> pages and there&#8217;s a five song pro shot live set available on<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Id2QYmdTog&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLKlTYujq3jF_Co1f65vzm-F3K3n_7ypDj\">You<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Id2QYmdTog&amp;index=1&amp;list=PLKlTYujq3jF_Co1f65vzm-F3K3n_7ypDj\">Tube<\/a>.<\/strong> And after that lot, don&#8217;t forget to head straight over to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sumer.bandcamp.com\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and buy their tunes (as a download or physical CD) and a t-shirt. 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