I'm not familiar with CMD/CTRL's older projects, but I gotta say this was a pretty enjoyable listen. Overall I prefer the beginning track and the last few to everything else in this project, it's got some solid EDM work on it, and I love the first song quite a lot it's really good. Very energetic, fun, and enjoyable, it's also pretty memorable as well, very good. Might increase the score when returning to this.
No Stress, Be Like Us, and Stand Up Be Strong are absolute bangers.

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While I'm not so big on the house-y stuff at the beginning of the EP, I still feel as though this collection brings forward some really strong material. For me CMD/CTRL are at their peak with tracks like Hello World and Stand Up Be Strong, guitar driven, high energy bangers or powerful ballads respectively. These two tracks really elevate the project for me overall, compared to the first three tracks and Be Like Us, which are a little lacking for me and missing CMD/CTRL's signature sound and ... read more

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