Album Notes

"The Synics" are a three-piece garage-rock band whose sound has been described as "retro-esque with a danceable brain" .Their music is a mixture of the pop sophistication of bands like XTC and early Joe Jackson, and the hard-rock rudeness of Soundgarden and Led Zepplin.
Their first CD, entitled "The Synics Are", was recorded over two days at Sound Venture Studios in Ottawa and engineered by Ryan Souliere. Most of the final tracks were first takes and there was very little editing or over-dubbing (except harmony vocals, some textural guitar parts and some sparse synth) so the album sounds very much like their live shows.

Almost all of the material was written by David Campbell except for "Brothers" where David Crawford (an old writing partner) wrote the words and "I Want To Come Over" which was co-written by drummer Chris Honegger, David Campbell and yet another writing partner, Tim Joyce.

The band consists of:
Chris Honegger: drums, percussion and shouts ("No Free Ride" and "1234")
Pat Maher: bass and lead vocals ("Things" and "Nobody ")
David Campbell: lead guitar and lead vocals.



The band can be reached at thesynics@thesynics.net or at fictionmusic@sympatico.ca Their web-site is www.thesynics.com
or write;
The Synics c/o Fiction Music Productions
103 Renfrew Avenue East
Renfrew Ontario Canada K7V2W7
(613)433-3575