EP REVIEW :: Graveyard Party's Self-Titled EP
Graveyard Party (Tulsa) - Self-Titled EP
Self-released by Graveyard (digitally & on tape) October 12th, 2019.
“Graveyard Party’s self titled new EP is what every young aspiring female musician needs to be listening to. Navigating the different avenues relationships can take, it points you in the direction you should go through matter-of-fact lyrics and dynamic harmonies. “Rat Boiz”’s commanding bad-ass melody kicks off the EP with a bang and sets the self-assured tone for the rest of the tracks. Heated guitar paired with unyielding drums summon a cool confidence. For all the band boys out there, “learn to pick up your feet,” because we, and Graveyard party especially, are “tired of you and all the immature things you do.” It’s time to grow up. It’s time to start being yourself. Starting out slow, “Ant Bully” gradually builds into a rolling instrumentation and continues the dynamic self-possessed feel. Ebbing lyrics of an unhealthy relationship grow into a hive of independence. You notice it’s the little things that uncover someone’s true character. You shouldn’t be with someone “who steps on bugs for no reason.” You deserve more, you deserve the person who intently grabs a plastic cup from the kitchen cupboard and carefully takes your new bug friend outside, setting them gently on the best leaf they can find.
With its echoing intangible vocals “Lillies” resonates as if it’s playing from another room. Astral softhearted warmth is found within lyrics that show how you are a “collection of the songs and memories, and people”. Moments of the moon, rain, honey, and ”half-hearted small talk” evokes the nostalgia of summer nights spent staying up late. Perhaps the most tender-hearted moment is felt when you hear how much this is love is still held “whether or not they love [you] back.'' You wonder if they will still be there “even after the lilies aren’t blooming anymore”. You hope they stay after the warmth of summer ends. “California Babe”’s buoyant harmony signals waves of memories recalling a one-sided relationship. Straightforward verses serve as a confrontation to why they aren’t matching the mutual love and care, asking “What’s up with that?”. Reciprocation is important. Lighthearted whistling closes the song out, emphasizing it’s okay to leave their “problems at the sea”. You don’t have to surround yourself in a sea of people that don’t also help keep you afloat.
Intensity consumes the last and final song, “Bloom”. It’s summer. You catch a glimpse of someone across the way, somehow both close and far. Drawn to them with anxious anticipation, you go closer. Frozen in the heat of summer, they have now become your “favorite flower”. Heartening flashes of captivation make you feel as though you could watch them “bloom all day.” You want to see their loveliness unfold. A cutting guitar riff fades out, making you wish summer didn’t ever have to end.”
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Review by ::
Skylar Rochelle
Manor Blog Editor
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