Indie Rock Show Review
by Sonia V.

Signet
Disconnected - EP (2005)

ADVISORY WARNING:  Hazardous to your driving record if audio is cranked while driving.  Watch for flashing lights.

In one word, Signet's new "Disconnected" EP is EXPLOSIVE!  While most artists put out a full length CD that might have one or two good songs and the rest filled out with mediocre fluff, the independent band trend is becoming more and more to put out EP's that pack a punch and make it easily attainable for the music lovers wallet.  This one is well worth your tight-wad buck and will give you more rockin' intensity than you could imagine from an independent release.  Yes, I got another speeding ticket while listening to this one and only a few bands have that sway over me.  Signet takes the cake for leading rock freaks  into speed traps.

Signet is one of the best rap-core bands I've heard, signed or unsigned, and if you agree with me that their recorded releases are exceptional, you haven't seen or heard anything until you've experienced that explosive energy live.  Vocalist Alfred Porter conveys music and lyrics with a voice of intense inflection like no other screamer in the biz.  After spending a week at Cornerstone and witnessing all the screamers on the block - the rest are just hot air with no substance.  Alfred's vox will capture you and the energy of the band and the music, the rhymes and the delivery will be one of the best performances you'll experience in your life.  Ok, so I'm extremely moved by this band, but after C-stoners witnessed this new phenomenon firsthand, they were swooning in the mosh pits of the underground tent along with me - it was sick!

With the potential to walk in the same footsteps as P.O.D., Pillar, Skillet and Staple, Signet is the best kept secret in independent music.  But hopefully not for long.  After working with Jesse Sprinkle at the Illuminata on this disc, it was a great move on Signet's part.  The five tracks on this EP are all astonishingly hot.  The first radio release "Remember the Stripes" also features Jesse Sprinkle (Demon Hunter, Dead Poetic, Poor Old Lu) but every track conveys lyrics of conviction and no apologies for being outwardly blatant in their spirituality.  It's enough to get even the most dormant religious sleepers revved up and ready to fight the good fight. 

Word of advice before listening to this in your car:  invest in a fuzz buster.

Visit this amazing Rock Band at www.signetplanet.com