Labels: bakery outlet
Review by: Samuel Fowler
Oh dude! The suns bright! Let’s put our bikes in the van, head out to
the coast, hit the beach and PARTY!
EEK
I could have continued the review in the same vein, filling the rest
of it with clinking crusty clichés about how EYC probably hitch on
trains, make their own clothes from burlap sacks, and steal liquor
from the mart to drink whilst sneaking aboard a freight headed for
Portland. (And as for the name.. seriously.. is this another use of
the random band name generator?) I would then have had the Perfectly
Generic start to a Perfectly Generic review of a Perfectly Generic
Folk Punx band (PGFP?) but as EYC aren’t all that generic
(particularly by the beards “n pianos template) it’d have been a bit
mean of me.
First out (and for paraphrased lyrics, hit up the top of the review)
summery vocals compete with catchy guitar hooks, And even break out
into spots of whistling (!) here and there. A smile creeps across my
face, this is pretty upbeat! The record speeds on fusing your usual
plan-it-x folksy sensibilities with a decidedly streetpunk edge and
jaunty almost cocky vocals ringing over the whole package. [a slower
track later on] sees a brief but welcome drop in the pop-punk chords,
allowing a mellower more introspective side of the band to emerge.
More of this!
If I’m being nasty and honest however… “Lets Ride” does start to lose
it’s footing and start to veer from side to side once we’re a few
tracks into this one. Sure, I dig the sound, but too few of the songs
stray from the template of crunchy guitar starts, followed by vocals
flipping up and down in pitch, which is a shame, as the diversity
suits something like this. And as for the Christmas/Carol tinged track
at the end… ACHGHHAH?!?! Leave that crap for the Vandals please! It’s
easier to avoid that way.
I think this may well be another contender for the
too-many-songs-on-one-release medal.. If I could grab my favorite 2
tracks on this, have them share a 7″ with one of the other usual
suspects, it’d have made a ripping 7″, but as is? I’m not entirely
convinced.