Sinombre CD discography. "Upliftingly downtrodden and menacingly melancholy, Sinombre strike a fence-sitting pose on their first full-length without ever quite toppling from their perch. Frontwoman Gabriella Marks provides a fragile and alluring beacon for bandmates Andy Slopsema and Matt Rickets to follow with riffs and rhythms, not unlike an introspective seagull skimming dangerously close to the waves. The songs on Curves of Sirens never quite reach escape velocity or contented inertia, but instead reside in the neighborhood of polite agitation and slow, simmering energy brought to a boil. I mention "polite" because at first the trio seem oddly wary of the spotlight, preferring to flirt with momentum rather than calling too much attention to any one aspect of their sound. The ...