This ep just dropped a few weeks ago. British post-punkers come from the genre's motherland, so they have it in their DNA. The guitar tones really more of the tune, while the hushed, breathy vocal mutterings on the title track that opens this trio of songs create a narrative shrouded in the midnight hours of smoky clubs. While this works for one song, the guitars have a more alluyring on the second song "A Perfect End." Things are in play that are going to ask you what you want from your modern post-punk. If you are looking for a dark pulsing sound that is coated in atmosphere, then you are in luck.
However dirfting deeper into the second song, I am confronted by the sound vs song debate. It can be more of a challenge when the sounds they are offering check off all the boxes for what you want from goth music, though, for me, one box is left unchecked. That is with the vocals, the first two songs found them rather t one dimensional, and I prefer more expressive voices, granted they are not trying to be Ian urtis, who at least knew where to place his mono declarations of despair. This is handled din a manner more like a gender flipped version of Boy Harsher. The advantage they have over Boy Harsher is the flow of guitar they dance around here.
The last song "Western Horror Story" grooves andd flows more organically, as the vocals shift a little more, though it's not a huge outpouring of vocal color, andd things ride the one-dimensional dance of tension, which works, but in the context of a full album, I might get bored.
the Verdict
Great Guitar work, and the songs flow with their brand of moody shadows in a very natural fashion, leaving the vocals as this album's big weakness making me skeptical of how well this would translate to a full-length album. As more than three songs of the same approach might bore me so I will round this one down to an 8.5, but if vocals are not something you put much weight in and just want something moody to dance to they have you covered.
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