I feel partially bad for rating this very low because instrumentally there isn't all that much to fault, and even a lot to praise. The softer instrumental bits are the best here, but even in the rest there are nice synths, nice guitar lines, and a mishmash of lots of influences. It's also hard to not ragerate bcs I went into this expecting some indie pop or even some prog rock of some kind where in actuality this is Circa Survive-esque post-hardcore + some Plinicore, cf for example the intro to 4. And just like for CS and co., the issue I have is the globally insufferable vocals, insufferable enough to ruin the record entirely and make you want to to stop halfway. The first track isn't actually so bad, but the Linkin Park-worship rapping on 2 and then the awful harsh vocals showing up for the first time on 3 but also coming in to ruin the tracks thereafter just break the deal very early on in the record. Moments like the midtrack to 5 offer brief relief but don't last 30 seconds before they are ruined by the vox again. The piano outro to 3 is also kind of redeeming. 6 is a compilation of everything that is wrong with this EP, and also displays how out of place the vocals are when you have fun synth lines on a fun indie background of sorts and then just godawful badly produced harsh post-hardcore vocals to complement it - who thought this was a good idea. I'll stop hating but 1.6
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