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(Clicka qua per la versione Italiana)
(Translated from my original Italian text by ChatGPT and Piero Scaruffi)
Born from a mutation of SGM, a heavy metal band responsible for the album Aggression (Medusa), Sweet Water debuted with a self-titled album (for New Rage), but made their mark with Sweet Water (1993), which focused more on melody. Adam Czeisler (vocals) and Rich Credo (guitar), aided by the second (temporary) guitarist Dudley Taft, showcased an explosive sound and elementary melodicism that made them authoritative voices of the new power pop. Everything Will Be Alright is the classic of their repertoire, Crawl the most visceral whip. From the blues of Where Has The Day Gone to the ballad Can't Say No, the album traverses all the customary moods. Sleep and King of '79 are emblematic of the fusion of anguish and melodicism.
Superfriends (EastWest, 1994) performed even better commercially. The explosive and bitter Cake And Strychnine, the more youthful and carefree Feed Yourself and Painless (in which the influence of the Clash and Sex Pistols is stronger), and above all Superstar, the most straightforward song that propelled them onto the charts, established them among the protagonists of the new rock melodicism. Happy is almost bubblegum. Back Into Your Way is their take on the solemn ballad. Self Hater indulges in the saccharine melodicism of the Beatles on Abbey Road.
(Original English text by Piero Scaruffi)
Sweet Water dissolved but vocalist Adam Czeisler and guitarist Rich Credo
did not waste time and Two Weeks To Live (Will, 1998) greeted a new
band, the Parc Boys, that abandoned Seattle's trademark grunge sound and
veered towards power-pop (This Is What You Wanted),
Brit-pop (Garden Party),
T.Rex-ish boogie (People),
psychedelic pop (This PRetend Life).
It all boils down to Lottery Winner, catchy and bouncy and driving,
and to a lesser degree, to 7 Years and You Got Things to Do.
A disco-punk attitude and a thin cover of electronic effects succeed in
salvaging a record that would otherwise be an exercise in derivative music.
Sweet Water resurrect with Suicide (GoodInk, 1999), that assembles
the lost album they made after Superfriends, three Parc Boys' tracks
and new material.
Been So Long, She Says, No Guts and
Novocaine Girl are as fiery as their early songs.
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