Now with a newly minted spelling of band name! Presumably to emphasize pronouncability over smush-accuracy.
Once again, the focus is on the rhythmic crunch and unique electronic-via-organic textures of the eponymous hybrid instruments, with Arone Dyer's pretty/awkward keening leading the way. This is a solid, hooky collection of new songs, perhaps benefitting from the short running time though, allowing the band to put together some hooky, droney jams and move on without demanding an LP-length stretch of the sound. Even more so than on previous albums, there is a simplicity-in-macro-complexity-in-micro paradox that makes the songs fun to explore, wielding repetition to give you time to find the surprises in the crannies, nestled between notes.
The Blue Monday cover doesn't do anything to overcome the original, and sounds more or less like you'd like, not doing much to rise beyond the gimmick. That's not a problem with the rest of the album, which justifies its unique sounds with a unique sound, but I still feel like I wanted something more.
EP's are often teasers and testing ground for new sounds, and I hope that's not the case here. This is a bit too similar to their previous work, and I can't help but hunger for Arone and Aron to attempt a leap as big as the one they made with their initial choice of instrumentation 3.5/5
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