I am feeling a bit underwhelmed by this. But to be fair, I am drawn to comparison with Grouper and Sea Oleena because the site connects them a lot, and in the Bedex book that is hard to beat. I don't know how much of an early EP this was but the prod while overall okay isn't ideal. There's buzz, wide changes in volume that feel a bit unnecessary, and other bits and bops that aren't quite clean. But the tones are nice. 1 starts off as a pretty but generic post-rock guitar intro + ballad-type vox that are generally nice but not always on point, and 2 is similar, a bit sadder and infinitesimally more interesting but eh. At that point I feared this would be just a guitar ballads EP. Thankfully 3 starts off nice and pretty, and from the midtrack onwards with the buildup it is the first time the EP crosses the threshold of just 'nice'. 4 starts off very Groupery and more subtle than 1-2, so my hopes were up, but then it doesn't evolve in the best way and 5 gets really meh despite a nice outro. 6 starts off as one of the best tracks with a cool guitar melody and entry, but then it just repeats itself over and over and doesn't add much substance. 2.9
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