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THE RUPERT SELECTION Hit Hard With Left/Right Stoner Rock Uppercut ‘TAKING TURNS’

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20 June 2023


Photo Credit: Peter McManus

Band: THE RUPERT SELECTION
Who: A psychedelic grunge band from Boston, Massachusetts. They’re inspired by
90s grunge and bring it with a modern twist. So far they released three EPs and one
full-length album.

New single: TAKING TURNS
Lyrically, it centers around being lost in the void, an out-of-body mental experience spawned by drug-induced anxiety. I’ll feature on the band’s new full length, out later
in the year.

Reilly Somach (vocalist/guitarist) “‘Taking Turns’ started from a verse riff and melody I’ve had forever but for whatever reason could never really find a home for. One day in practice I just started playing it and Peter and Sam jumped in and it started coming together. I started playing the chorus riff after and 30 minutes later it was done.”


Art Credit: Crystal Araiza

TUTV: Taking Turns is a riff-vicious mid-tempo psych-blues wallop. A stoner rock jackhammer that triggers you to hit your poor head against a wall. Raw vocals, thumping drums, Slash-like guitar aggression and an ablaze grunge chorus combine for an on-target left/right uppercut. Think Queens Of The Stone Age and Jon Spencer & Blues Explosion having a noise contest. Helter skelter.

Tune in.
Crash.


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Smells Like THE RUPERT SELECTION Spirit – Hear Their New Grunge Slam ‘I Saw God’

Posted on by JL

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22 May 2023


Photo by Peter McManus

Band: THE RUPERT SELECTION
Who: Psychedelic grunge rockers from Boston

New single: I SAW GOD

Reilly Somach (guitarist/vocalist/songwriter): “‘I Saw God’ is a continuation of us
trying to evolve and push our creative boundaries, trying to new things and seeing
how far our sound can go. Keep everything progressing, but keep it still familiar enough
to our roots. I like the idea of keeping the interpretation of this one as vague and open
ended as possible. Whatever the listener perceives as being God within the song, that’s
what it is.””

TUTV: Nirvana’s‘s poignant teen spirit is all over this mind-boggling grunger.
This hellish head-over-heels assault will leave you out of breath in the end.
I Saw God is a malicious mammoth of a haymaker. Layers of razor-blade riffage,
monstrous drumming and anxious vocals bringing the late great motorhead
Lemmy‘s growling pipes to mind, combine for a supersonic ballbreaker.

Now I’m sure that God
was a biblical punk rocker.

Hallelujah.

Also st(r)eaming on Spotify.


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THE RUPERT CONNECTION: Facebook – Instagram