Labels: Crackle Records
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Yes, I know Ian reviewed a Dagobah single not 2 days ago, but stuff happens, ok? It just so happened that Ian ordered the first single, and then a couple of days later I found there was a new one out. But who cares?
First thing you notice from these songs is that it appears that the song writer is desperate to get back with his girlfriend. Awwww. All 4 tracks pretty much deal with the same subject. But anyway, you’re more interested in how the music shapes up, eh? Bah, you cruel, heartless…
Opening track “Waste” is high-octane bounce. Pure speed-based pop punk recalling the likes of Nottingham’s Panic, and to a lesser extent Travis Cut. Yeah, so any half decent punk band in the world can write tunes similar to “Waste”, but this one is good. No question about that. Theres a slight surprise in store on “Little Things” which starts off acoustically. And very nice it is too, but Dagobah suddenly get frustrated with using equipment not powered by electricity or designed to “go fast”, and blast into some highly average punk rock. Interesting idea, but not quite as well executed as it might have been.
Star track though is the unbelievably lyriced “Wise As A Wookie”, with just an unfeasible amount of Star Wars references. Highly enjoyable and pacy pop punk with slightly manic vocals. Love it. If they could have displayed this much urgency and quality on “Little Things” then this would have beem a must purchase EP. They end up on “Everything’s Gone Wrong” which totally passed me by initally, giving the impression of substandard punk-pop. Then I finally sussed why. I was looking for punk-pop when there was none there. This was more an indie emo-core type track, or at least thats how it sounds to me! And once I had figured that, it started sounding quite good indeed, and rounds out a neat little package.
I haven’t heard the other single, so I dunno if they’ve improved or anything, but they certainly sound like they have the potential to be a very decent band. Keep an eye/ear on ’em.