Strawberry Reproduction - Musical Tastes and New Releases
Strawberry Reproduction are an Athens based two-piece that offers a wide variety of genres, from punk, metal, funk, and rock. I spoke with Samuel and Camaron from Strawberry Reproduction one evening to learn a little more about them and how it is they have come to create such a unique and incredible sound.
The name “Strawberry Reproduction” started off as a joke in high school, where Samual and Camaron learned about strawberry reproduction and thought it would have been a great band name. A little while later they found themselves jamming together frequently, and when they decided they were finally going to become a band, they clearly decided on the name Strawberry Reproduction. They have been together since, going on about 7 years now, and have released two singles currently available everywhere and a long lost EP they feel they have grown out of since recording it early in highschool.
When I asked about their musical influences, they said their earlier influences were harcore bands such as Norma Jean, Everytime I Die, and The Charlotte. More recently they “pepper in” their influences so that not one specific sound sticks out more than the other. As they are from Athens Georgia, they play around that area and are influenced by the punk heavy culture that surrounds them. Samuel says they are “punk first”, but they usually let the heavier metal genres influence a lot of their writing as well, but consider themselves “punk focused”.
We all even joked about how Metal hasn’t really changed in sound for a while now, and how the peak early 2010’s metalcore bands are still festival headliners today. So it’s so refreshing to hear a group that doesn’t confine themselves to ‘one’ genre and just make the music they love to hear regardless of where it falls on the genre spectrum.
I am personally a big fan of Strawberry Reproduction since discovering them, and I am excited to see there are artists out there still changing the boundaries of “genre” and will make music they love regardless of labels or genre restrictions. If you are a fan of ANY heavy genre, they are absolutely worth checking out and to keep a lookout for!
Strawberry Reproduction will have a new 4 track EP A Page From Yesterday on October 16th!
Be sure to check out their singles here!