TELECiDE - TELECiDE 2nd EP (Review)

Young bands are a very fertile ground for various disputes and forecasts. It happens that they try to make themselves as loud as possible and after some time the enthusiasm disappears. Sometimes it disappears with band. It happens that they issued a release and analyze reaction and critics, thus improving themselves. Here it's very difficult to guess. And this project is no exception.

My rating: 70/100

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I did not just remember about such types of behavior. First release of this band looked very interesting, very fresh, very promising. Even kitsch themes were served with a very interesting perspective. But this release looks dry, acicular, cold. Nevertheless, from first seconds you can see that these girls are seriously engaged in business. It's not just a music.

But composer's work on an medium level. Here there are both interesting compositions (Cycle Of Addition), and frank quickie (Abstract Romance). The first thing to note is that they almost completely refused the synthesizers. In previous release, we heard a lot of synthesizers. But now this is very small. Perhaps it was an experiment - what the audience would like more. Unfortunately, changes are also negative. A single change of composition after solo in Cycle Of Addition is cool. But this is the end of composer ideas.

It's also noticeable that the structure of vocal parts has changed slightly. Previously, it was an obscure mash, but now parties of two vocalists (clean and extreme) are more interesting ways. Lyrics tell about mental struggles. I can't say that this is a good theme - it can be written absolutely any person. And structure of lyrics is quite simple. But still it is worth noting that there is a professional approach to writing. And also voices are pretty good.

Guitarist shows very little. Yes, there's a cool solo in Cycle Of Addition, there's an interesting melody at beginning of Closed Minds and nice riff in chorus. But I'm not sure about the latter - it seems interesting because in verse guitar part consists of one tremolo. But this is not enough. Such a wonderful and promising guitarist has so little to show himself.

Rhythm section is boring. A well-underlined attack from a bassist is wonderful. But that's all that can be paid attention. Drummer does not even try to depict something interesting - only standard patterns are here.

In the end, I can say that release is pretty good. But it lacks something significant. Noticeable great work, but without one small detail, which significantly affects at result. I think that this band is hampered by "psychology of the young collective". No, I don't mean numbers in "Date of birth". I mean type of thinking in which you don't see obstacles. On one side, we can say that it's right - most of obstacles exist only in our heads. On other side, you can do yourself obstacles and not notice it. We will never know what is happening in these five heads. Perhaps they will roll down to stamped mallcore. Perhaps they will see the change and do something about it. But one thing is certain - something needs to change.