A rock band from Buffalo, NY, Snakeland redefines the notion of rock music with their newest album, Panamerican!
Snakeland, a rock band from Buffalo, NY, has blended various concepts within the rock music genre into something notable and lively. Their newest album, Panamerican!, finds a strong balance between punk, pop-punk, alternative, and emo, to name just a couple of subgenres in a pool of many. It turns rock into something disquieted but in a way that occurs naturally. We got the chance to listen to Panamerican!, and here’s what we think about it!
However, first I ought to mention that I might be slightly biased here. I hail from Western NY. For that reason, have a special place in my heart for music from this part of the state. However, this should not stop you from enjoying Snakeland’s musical stylings. They are a piece of the American rock-music puzzle, the kind which has no single origin and shows no signs of an end. With tones of various subgenres of rock, Panamerican! blends them into something newly figured out. Well, it should have been figured out long ago, but if it was, the album refreshes it anew.
Standout Songs From Panamerican!
Here are some of the tracks on Panamerican! that give us special pause in the most positive of ways:
- “Spitting Teeth”, the second track on the album, could be seen as a true opening track here. “Spitting Teeth” stands out with a lively, punky beat, and riffs to match.
- “Bone Flute”, the album’s fifth track, begins almost giving us early Fall Out Boy vibes in Snakeland’s vocals. This pairs with a slightly crunchy, “wah-wah”-ish guitar backing. It’s really exemplary in that way. All the while, there’s something somewhat haunting about the composition.
- “Dragging Out Stars”, the seventh track on Panamerican!, is a solid piece of modern American rock. Its tone hearkens back to the likes of The Counting Crows or other similar bands. With an ambient and light, even cheery, twang, the guitar chords especially shine in the spaces between verses.
- The final track, “This Is The New Adult Contemporary”, encapsulates the feeling that Snakeland lends to its melting pot choice of genre. In it, the band breathes new life into modern rock with great force. It contains a refreshing guitar line, a subdued bass line, and powerful percussion. It concludes the album with vocals and necessary repetition that sticks to the eardrums like meat on the bone.
All in all, with Panamerican!, Snakeland does an amazing thing for rock: it takes its pieces and synthesizes them into something different than the sum of its parts. If you like rock, whatever that means for you, you’ll find welcome in Snakeland’s music. In the end, a band’s versatility with their genre is what often leads to their success. And, with Snakeland, I foresee much success.
You can find Snakeland’s newest album, Panamerican!, on Spotify now!
