The Melismatics: The Definition of Power Pop

I met this Minneapolis post-punk indie band with a pop sugar coating when that were playing at the 2004 Mid-Point Music Festival in Cincinnati. Mid-Point usually is about the second or third week of September and brings in about 180 or so bands, nearly half of them are local…the other half are bands that are begging to be it.

For all the flaws that Cincinnati has, this has never been one of them. Founder Bill Donabedian rocks the hell out of Cincinnati every festival and gives all 12,000 music fans great music from every genre, but this isn’t about Mid-Point this is about an indie band from Minneapolis, MN that is just a pleasure to listen to.

I thought when I went to see them that it would be more of a bubble gum show then a Rock show. I was pleasantly surprised. Their new CD at the time was New Infection and I scooped it up the second the show was over. The title track has been on my iPod Nano ever since I bought it.

What really caught my attention was the energy that everyone in the band had. Ryan Smith (lead vocals, electric guitar) sung his heart out on every single song and made it seem effortless.

The Melismatics have a brand new CD called “Acid Test” and the video below is song from it called “Soul Sucker”. Trust me it will not leave your head for a while.