I get a lot of music here at SPB and, unfortunately, my memory isn’t perfect.
But I consider it a good sign when my first thought on hearing a new release is that, “Hey, I need to go back and relisten to the last one again.” It’s not a slight about the old stuff at all, but it means they’ve caught my ear in the right way. I’m into it.
And that’s where I’ll start my review of A Little Less Numb, because this 4-song short-play album hits directly with emotion, catchy melody, and that impossible to describe feeling you get when music just clicks for you. As the band says in “Cigarettes and Green Teas,” “I think I’ve finally found the one place in the world I’m meant to be.” Specifically, the middle two songs on this EP move me the most of the four. Both are lyrical poignant, and they both balance and dance between unique bridges and potent, punchy drum patterns. I will call out “Mad World” as a great example of the band’s big melodic style, too.
I saw the band live at Fest after Patience In Presence and dug it. Not A Little Less Numb ironically has me feeling a little less numb about the world this week. I’m looking forward to the next full-length.
