Ninjayy

This should not work but it does. The amount of ideas packed into this EP would make some 1 hour albums crumble under their weight. But somehow every moment leads perfectly into the next, every little guitar line flows into the upcoming chord, every rhythm sets up the next. The ideas switch so rapidly that it threatens to feel exhausting yet every section transitions so smoothly that it is difficult to imagine any part decoupled from the rest.

If you finish this and don't just want to ... read more

Some neat ideas and an overall enjoyable sound. But everytime they open up an interesting and important topic they undermine it by a stupid line or untimely riff.

I think the mix of upbeat pop-punk with depressing topics is meant to be rebellious in spite of the world. But to me it makes the album feel ignorant.

(Also the image of independent underdogs doesn't work for me since I got Youtube Ads for their first single back in the day.)

I can definitely see them cleaning up those ideas and ... read more