WaS 'was' on my radar for a long time before I listened to their only EP, "Lions. Tigers. Bears."
It's at best alright; it has strong songs, such as "Oh My, What Big Teeth You Have!" and "Disasterology", the latter of which being my favorite. It's, as you saw from those two examples of the best songs, is no stranger to the most stupid song titles imaginable.
If you thought You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter or Kingdoms had complex ... read more
I don't hate Nintendocore. I find Sky Eats Airplane, Horse The Band and I Shot The Duck Hunt Dog to be unironically enjoyable bands. This album takes everything I liked about ISTDHD's "For Derek", such as the funny and lo-fi production, the song titles, and mix between Grindcore, Metalcore and Chiptune that clearly didn't take itself seriously, and makes every song sound like I hit the demo button on a Yamaha keyboard, freestyled lyrics written by a first grader, and added 8-bit ... read more
This EP contains everything I like about both Grindcore and Deathcore.
The Lo-Fi production of the drums and the vocals adds to it even more.. i've seen the production quality be a common critique of this EP but I think it really adds onto it.
You can definitely see a glimpse into what Atka would become on their debut album, and the recording quality may not be great but this overall is a cool Grindcore release with some glimpses into later Atka.




