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A Home Of Their Own
I ask local trio SikSik Nation how they see themselves fitting into the expansive musical institution of Detroit and they say, ”We don’t fit in.”
“We’re a strange band,” said bassist Eric Oppitz. “We’re too garage rock or too rock 'n' roll to play with the indie bands, we’re too psychedelic or too strange to play with the rock bands. We’re kinda in-between somewhere, but hopefully we make our own scene.”
Even tracing the band’s “home” is difficult, as Oppitz lives in Ann Arbor, drummer Rick Sawoscinski stays in Ypsilanti and singer/guitarist Sean Morrow resides in Livonia. They are, for all intents and purposes, simply a rock 'n' roll band with thunder-drums and banshee-guitars and swinging-grooves and all the raucous shred and punch vigor you could ask for. Yet, they often send some ripples through typical back-of-the-venue debates because they linger toward a garage (or psychedelic) sound, or because they don’t run with any cliques or labels. “Do we wanna be an indie-pop band?” says Sawoscinski. “No, but we don’t want to be really obscure either, we want to be accessible. [But] it’s confidence, because we write the songs we want to write.”
“Just with the way the industry’s going now,” says Morrow, “you’re not gonna get rich, you’re not gonna get famous, you should be doing this because you love to do it.” “We didn’t have those ties,” says Oppitz of the progress, notoriety, recording and live slots they’ve attained since forming in early-'06. This is one of the most down to earth bands you’ll find — because they’re “out there,” on so many different levels: they don’t drag their egos with them, they don’t strut to show off their vintage jeans, they don’t bow to trends; with hearts on their sleeves, they pour out all of this musical passion onto the stage. Their debut full-length, Eight Styles to the Unholy, is available at shows and online. They’re currently writing their next album while gearing up for their upcoming shows. | RDW
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