"For those of you not familiar, Sika has been on the local scene for a couple years, though they have largely stayed under the radar. The band wears its influences on its sleeve – namely Radiohead, Muse, Sigur Ros, but manage to create something new as well by combining the musical styles and adding a dose of their own creativity to the mix.

Lead singer Aleksey Zharinov is a great deal similar to Mathew Bellamy, though without all the paranoia and with an Eastern European/Russian(?) accent instead of British. His falsetto wail can put the listener under a spell, particularly in songs like “2X7” which is a post-punk masterpiece that would have been at home in late '70s England..."