Eagle and the Worm 'Strangelove' Review

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    Nothing pisses me off more than an a regressive artist. I mean, no one particularly gets behind an artist whose conceptual output stagnates and ferments but arguably worse is the back sliding record. The sophomore release that’s worse than the debut. There’s a different sort of backward movement I want to discuss though, and that’s the regression of medium. It infuriates me to no end when an artist throws down a record full of gold and then follows it up with an EP. Sure, you don’t have 11 songs ready right now but I CAN WAIT! I don’t know whether most bands know this or not but in the time between their records, sometimes I’ll actually listen to a different band, so need not give me a filler EP in the meantime.

    All that said, I’m making an exception here. Eagle and the Worm’s first record Good Times was a surprise hit last year, maybe because lead single All I Know was on that Berocca ad, but more likely because it was ridiculously sweet, ridiculously catchy, ridiculously happy and mostly just ridiculous. But they’ve backed that record up with an EP. Now I know, I know, I’ve preached and ranted on the frustrations of the full-length-to-EP-combo but I’m temporarily calling a parlay. These five tracks are technically progressive enough so that the regression from full length to EP doesn’t even phase me.

    Start with the first track (not unusual) ‘Angela’s Lonely Heart’ and tell me you aren’t humming along with the distortion lines. Gloriously melodious and packed with 90s positivity, their Strangelove EP  has followed the same path that Good Times did before veering directly along the road untrodden. ‘Darling Let Me In’ is an amalgamation of so many genres that I don’t even know what to make of it. The five tracks feature some of the most progressive soundscapes I’ve heard from an Australian artist in some time. I’ve no idea who the hell was at the helm in studio but they’ve mixed the ass off this beast. The production choices are out of sight on the fourth track ‘Give Me Time’.




     

    It sort of makes sense that this isn’t a full length. It’s like a candy variety box tailored to give you a taste of the full spectrum of confectionery. What flavor the subsequent album will be, only Eagle and the Worm know, but I’m pretty keen to find out. 



     

    -Tommy Faith

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Nothing pisses me off more than an a regressive artist. I mean, no one particularly gets behind an artist whose conceptual output stagnates and ferments but arguably worse is the back sliding record. The sophomore release that’s worse than the debut. There’s a different sort of backward movement I want to discuss though, and that’s the regression of medium. It infuriates me to no end when an artist throws down a record full of gold and then follows it up with an EP. Sure, you don’t have 11 songs ready right now but I CAN WAIT! I don’t know whether most bands know this or not but in the time between their records, sometimes I’ll actually listen to a different band, so need not give me a filler EP in the meantime.

All that said, I’m making an exception here. Eagle and the Worm’s first record Good Times was a surprise hit last year, maybe because lead single All I Know was on that Berocca ad, but more likely because it was ridiculously sweet, ridiculously catchy, ridiculously happy and mostly just ridiculous. But they’ve backed that record up with an EP. Now I know, I know, I’ve preached and ranted on the frustrations of the full-length-to-EP-combo but I’m temporarily calling a parlay. These five tracks are technically progressive enough so that the regression from full length to EP doesn’t even phase me.

Start with the first track (not unusual) ‘Angela’s Lonely Heart’ and tell me you aren’t humming along with the distortion lines. Gloriously melodious and packed with 90s positivity, their Strangelove EP  has followed the same path that Good Times did before veering directly along the road untrodden. ‘Darling Let Me In’ is an amalgamation of so many genres that I don’t even know what to make of it. The five tracks feature some of the most progressive soundscapes I’ve heard from an Australian artist in some time. I’ve no idea who the hell was at the helm in studio but they’ve mixed the ass off this beast. The production choices are out of sight on the fourth track ‘Give Me Time’.




 

It sort of makes sense that this isn’t a full length. It’s like a candy variety box tailored to give you a taste of the full spectrum of confectionery. What flavor the subsequent album will be, only Eagle and the Worm know, but I’m pretty keen to find out. 



 

-Tommy Faith

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