{"id":10946,"date":"2015-04-07T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-simmer-yellow-streak-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T22:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T22:03:19","slug":"album-review-simmer-yellow-streak-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-simmer-yellow-streak-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Simmer – Yellow Streak EP"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Drenched in a wave of distortion and ambience comes Simmer<\/b> and their latest offering – ‘Yellow Streak’<\/i>. On first listen you may not think its one of the best EPs of the year so far, but you’ll be wrong. Over the course of 14 minutes, the Cheshire four-piece provide an effective blend of melancholy emo and subtle shoegaze wrapped in an abrasive ball of punk-like energy.<\/figure>\n

‘Yellow Streak’<\/i> welcomes us in the form of ‘Douse’<\/i> with its racing, washed out guitars and urgent drum work giving a juxtaposition to their haunting vocals. Whereas ‘Head Trip’<\/i> keeps up the momentum with its thriving drums, smooth harmonies and punk-ish riffs. <\/p>\n

‘Laying Odds’<\/i> proves to be a sharper effort which pinpoints Simmer<\/b>’s soundclash of grunge, emo and shoegaze. It kicks off in an relentless fashion with stabbing guitars and introverted vocals, before easing into a more catharic instrumentation. A thrilling and captivating number that is fuses the quarter’s mix of styles in an effective manner.<\/p>\n

The title track closes out this short offering in a laid back manner. With its drawn out guitars and overall sombre tone, it doesn’t have the same urgency that earlier tracks had yet Julius Schiazza reverb-laden vocals rescues the mesmerizing character that is consistent throughout ‘Yellow Streak’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Although you may find yourself disengaged when listening to ‘Yellow Streak’<\/i>, I assure you that you will be giving this repeated spins. Whilst some may dismiss Simmer<\/b> of being just another band part of the grunge\/emo\/shoegaze crossover, others will eat it up as these four songs shows a band with intent and with a purpose. Sure it’s covered a haze of reverb and atmospheric tones, but at its core is a punk band that is willing to embrace, and effciently use, other elements in a compelling fashion. <\/p>\n

5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Yellow Streak’<\/i> EP by Simmer<\/b> is out now on Dog Knights Productions<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Simmer<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Tumblr<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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