Mako Sica - Mayday At Strobe

Taking in the breadth of work represented on any of its releases, Mako Sica relates an unrealistic variety of influence. “Red Rivers,” from the 2009 “Mayday at Strobe,” turns in a Jamaican-inspired passage not too many bands would be capable of expressing amid an offering concerned with exploring the possibilities of slowly developed melodies and distant, hazy vocal cries.

In its music, Mako Sica belies any sort of wide-eyed, surprise at its surroundings. There’s no way to hear the sort of apprehension people believe newcomers to a major metropolitan area feel. The three men who make up the band are at once representatives of their respective cultures and exemplars of Chicago’s creative spirit. New blood and ideas always push forward the impulses of a community. And while this trio’s called the city home for a while now, its varied heredity contributes to the scene’s exploration of what an immigrant nation sounds like. ~ New City Music