Apparently these guys recorded this EP "using the long-distance mail route, never having practiced or played together in the same room", which is pretty damn cool considering how decent the end result sounds. Calm singing vocals, warm percussion and dense bass, lush clean and acoustic guitars... it all sounds quite nice. I might like to hear more unity between the drums and the other instruments, perhaps upping the bass... but for the most part they've done a great job. The writing is pretty unique as well. It's all really laidback, but there's more of a chilled out 70's rock vibe going on as opposed to anything I'd call emo or indie rock... There's a lot of layering in the guitar parts, some nice vocal harmonies accentuate the singing, and so on. I think the vocal harmonies should probably be more pronounced, if not altogether more frequent, but they're on the right track. The professional looking CD-R comes in a jewel case with pro-printed artwork in full color. There's not a lot of information present other than the lineup and some recording information. The artwork looks pretty cool. Everything sort of looks like a movie poster or something, but it's nice and consistent. I'm gonna guess that this isn't a real movie soundtrack, in which case I'm not really sure why they went with that whole angle, but whatever... the music is pretty promising. I'd like to hear the band work with longer and more developed songs, since they seem to flirt with a few progressive influences (at times some of this sounds like newer Porcupine Tree, but more stripped down), and all of these tracks tend to be right around three minutes, which can feel succinct. Good work, though. I'm really surprised by how uncommon this is... very unexpected.
[Friendly Psychics Music]
Running time - 16:43, Tracks: 5
[Notable tracks: Falling Missiles, Shaking Badly Anthem]
Friendly Psychics Music - http://www.friendlypsychicsmusic.com
