{"id":23897,"date":"2014-03-20T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T12:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-as-it-is-this-mind-of-mine-ep\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:33:47","slug":"album-review-as-it-is-this-mind-of-mine-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-as-it-is-this-mind-of-mine-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: As It Is &#8211; This Mind of Mine EP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tumblr_inline_n2omwa6N2E1qheirv.jpg\" width=\"250px\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">This is a pop punk record, pure and simple. A throwback to the best days of Drive-Thru, grounded in the present. <strong>As It Is<\/strong> sound like a duet between The Wonder Years and The Early November. They\u2019re not that good, obviously. Nothing could ever be that good. That would be daft. But they\u2019re bloody good without collapsing all space and time.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018Bitter Broken Me\u2019<\/em> starts the party. Dual vocals, fast verses, riffy choruses, a cool breakdown. It might seem pop punk by numbers, true. In being so, though, it\u2019s uninhibited by any pretentions. It is what it is and what it is almost definitely contains a deliberate homage to The Early November (<em> \u201cEver so sweeeet\u201d <\/em>). <em> \u2018Horoscopes\u2019<\/em> is the same but there\u2019s a gruffer edge to the vocals. It has another slow breakdown that might be cheesy or might be brilliant, depending on your exact mood at the time of listening. I\u2019ve enjoyed it though, a good shout along section rarely goes awry.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over four tracks, there\u2019s not much more to say. If you\u2019re a pop punk fan you\u2019ll probably enjoy this. If you\u2019re not it\u2019s not going to change your opinion. Take<em> \u2018Can\u2019t Save Myself\u2019 <\/em>for instance; it\u2019s a song about the difficulties of growing up. There\u2019s a clean vocal and a rougher vocal. It\u2019s hopeless but it\u2019s happy. Certainly not breaking the arbitrary boundaries of genre. Last track<em> \u2018Relive This Story\u2019<\/em> disappoints a little. A slower song with a big, sad chorus isn\u2019t a bad thing but it always feels tagged on to a shorter record like this; a grand emotional gesture that didn\u2019t need making. It\u2019s a strong track but it takes the edge off the first three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As It Is<\/strong> have made a great EP. It\u2019s simple and never denies what it is. It\u2019s an enjoyable listen from a band that promises many more to come.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&lsquo;This Mind Of Mine&rsquo;<\/em> EP by <strong>As It Is<\/strong> is out now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As It Is<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/asitisofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASITISofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Thomas Knott (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/thislifeishuge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thislifeishuge<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a pop punk record, pure and simple. A throwback to the best days of Drive-Thru, grounded in the present. As It Is sound like a duet between The Wonder Years and The Early November. They\u2019re not that good, obviously. Nothing could ever be that good. That would be daft. 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