The Animal In Me - Instincts

Posted by Unknown On Sunday, March 3, 2013

Track list:
1. I've Created A Monster
2. Riddles
3. Smoke & Mirrors
4. Tubthmping (Chumbawamba Cover)
5. Walk The Earth

Genre: Rock
For Fans Of:  We Came As Romans, Memphis May Fire, Attack Attack!

This is the first EP since they changed their name and they made a name for themselves with this ep I must say, this ep goes hard.  Literally the vocals did change they got a lot better and the instruments got a little better and heavier which is always really nice to hear and see the change they made within the time period of each ep/single they release.

“I’ve Created A Monster”
Well they didn’t start off with an intro track but a good song to start their ep off, shows off their sound and vocal performance very well. The first song happens to be their longest song too, which is another good thing to do for a first song.
Breakdown:
Clean: The female vocalist does the clean, her style only got better within the time from the first ep to this, and her vocal range is highly enjoyable.
Screams: Not as deep as they used to be, but they’re pretty close, he kind of has a new style which is really pretty nice to listen too.
Instruments: Nice melody/flow to fit this song which is really cool to listen too, pretty catchy too.

“Riddles”
One of my favorite songs on this album, the vocals kind of competes a bit, one right after the other. This song has poppy choruses which is kind of new for this band. The song is a great listen though.
Breakdown:
Cleans: The clean vocalist has a pretty relaxed and soothing style as in every song she has a different type of flow with her vocals that make it more worth listening too, she has such a good style to go along with her vocals.
Screams:  The screamer starts off the song and competes with the clean vocalist it sounds like one right after the other no pauses just right after the other one.
Instruments: Kind of poppy you could say this is pretty soft/medium type of stuff.

“Smoke & Mirrors”
This song has an electronic intro that’s pretty interesting to listen too, this song is one of the songs that really stick out because it’s a bit different than the others one.
Breakdown:
Cleans:  The flow of her vocals on this song really got me listening to it over and over again, it’s kind of different than other songs, and her vocals are worth listening to the most on this song.
Screams:  His vocals are somewhat rare on this song, the girl kind of takes it over, but his parts are okay not the best but they’d get you by.
Instruments:  The little electronic part at the intro was pretty interesting to add along with the guitar, this song is pretty repeated with riffs but still pretty good and the drummer does some work on this song.

“Tubthumping (Chumbawamba Cover)
I’ve never heard this song before until this cover, kind of has me thinking if the song is worth checking out or not, great cover none the less though.
Breakdown:
Cleans: The clean vocals are mostly here with a semi-different style, she has a great flow on this song though.
Screams: The screamer does speeding up type vocals and slow down vocals, there’s like a pause between his vocals parts which is pretty nifty.
Instruments:  This somewhat a heavy cover song, I wonder If the original song is soft?

“Walk The Earth”
Sadly, this is the last song on the ep but a great song to end it off with for sure. They put their best on the first and last song.
 Breakdown:
Cleans: The vocals on this song have some effects on them, it’s pretty cool and makes the song a bit better to listen too.
Screams: Not all through this song, but there’s some parts he’s a bit louder than the he is on the last song.
Instruments: Pretty soft song, but they put their best on the last song everything comes out on this song.

Rating: 8/10
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