Song of the Siren…Isul Kim (vox, guitar) – A Korean-American girl with a Harvard degree raised on classical piano in New York City, Anthony Petrocchi (drums) – a native Californian with a Red Hot Chili Peppers tattoo, harnessing his ADD energy by playing drums nonstop and Steve Muscatell (guitar) – a metal-screamo-hardcore musician and ex-model from southern Oregon. Song of the Siren was realized in the summer of 2007 in San Francisco. The band channels a range of influences and runs a dynamic sound gamut that is both heavy and edgy at the bottom, uplifting and honest at the top; their songs are punctuated with a voice that goes from sultry to powerful to vulnerable in an instant.
On June 24 Song of the Siren will self releasing their debut CD, City Lights Are Blinding You on their own label Modern Mythology Records.
null Ashes, the quartet’s second album, is at its heart the chronicle of a musical, geographical and emotional journey that frontman and songwriter Raman Kia found himself on, a thinly veiled life story that is as incendiary as it is cathartic. Look for Ashes to hit the street and Internet on June 17 on the bands own label Fear of Cheese Records.
Ashes has its origins in some of the darker moments of a few far-flung lives, yet these real-life scenarios connect in many tangible ways to our collective cultural and political history, and that makes them all the more powerful. In his lyrics, Kia doesn’t offer answers to the dilemmas he presents, yet in the very act of creating these songs, articulating these emotions, Kia makes Ashes an uplifting experience. His catharsis becomes our own. Gazing into the ashes of torched relationships Kia discovers a spark of hope for us all.