“Reverse,” the debut single from Cleveland breakout band SomeKindaWonderful, is one of those rare songs that makes you stop what you’re doing the first time you hear it. It’s a rare track in 2014 that demands full-attention, and then rewards it; various traces of the neo-soul rock group’s sonic architecture shine through on each listen, and, with respect to whatever happens between now and New Year’s Eve, it stands to remain as one of the best songs of 2014.
Not bad for a tune that was allegedly written three hours after the band first formed in a Cleveland bar.
Creatively inspired by 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Nas’s classic hip-hop track “Rewind,” “Reverse” tells the true tale of infidelity and the souring of a relationship that followed, all told in — you guessed it — reverse.
Since its release in March, the lush, orchestral pop song has dominated SiriusXM’s Alt Nation playlist, become staples of both our own Vanya Radio and Los Angeles’ KROQ, and got the electro-pop remix treatment from Passion Pit.
SomeKindaWonderful — no gaps, but the caps seem arbitrary — are at Brighton Music Hall Wednesday night for a nice introduction to Boston, and then return November 26 for a gig at the Paradise with New Politics and Bad Suuns. Brighton Music Hall was just declared a “launchpad” for new acts by the Improper Bostonian, and here’s where they prove it.
Watch a live rendition of “Reverse” at a recent gig in Southern California below, which just hints at what to expect tomorrow night in Allston.
Big things await.
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