Labels: Nashaardaa
Review by: Andy Malcolm
Dang. This band is soooo good. I know I knocked their LP (it was too inconsistent
and didn’t flow) but when they are on form and crank out songs like the ones
contained within here they just destroy me. So this 10″ contains 4 songs of their
teary eyed emo, bawling their hearts out whilst the guitars scorch a trail of
melody despite being played at a breakneck pace. Everything is just so explosive.
The drumming is incredibly emphatic and piles everything onwards. The twinkly intro
to “A Statue Of A Girl (May 15th)” is right off that obscure mid 90’s emo 7″ that
you wish you owned, but I already do. What a fucking amazing track, it packs in
all the time honoured cliches, including the screamy part in the distance whilst
the music gently sways. Dang. Emo goodness! Then it all builds up again to one of
those chaotic end of the world emo spazz outs with sobbing and OH THE PAIN. Oh the
brilliance. They continue the high level of quality through the rest of the
record, just sprinkling in all the elements of perfect emo whereever they tread.
Oh my. Damn song 4 when he’s screaming and the guitars go all riff-riff-riff and I
feel like spazzing on the floor. I’m so incoherent. Simply blows me away when they
hit those tight grooves and wind they way to destruction.
Best stuff yet by these dudes. Check it out. With this and the the Sea, the Sea
12″ you will have you quota of emo misery filled quite handily for 2004.
Wonderful. No question.