Album Review: Syteria - "Reflection"
Formed midway through the last decade by Girlschool guitarist Jax Chambers, Syteria first came to our attention with their 2017 album Rantobot which was an inconsistent but promising set of pop-punk tunes. Since then, they've undergone a slight personnel change with bassist Keira Kenworthy leaving to join Joanovarc and being replaced by Steph Dawson. Similar to the Donnas or the Amorettes, Syteria peddle a straight-up brand of glammed up pop-punk albeit with more of a social conscience as evidenced on the likes of Make Some Noise and the environmental protest song Goodbye World . Musically, they're impressively solid with frontwoman Julia commanding things with her vocals alternating between a purr and a snarl in the best Pat Benatar style while Jax, Steph and drummer Pablo keep things impressively tight musically behind her. The production here is very slick and makes them sound more like a 21st century Sweet or Mud than anything else. Good in some ways but at times you ...