So like my review of the Shinobi tape, Carlos Danger! is a project that I may not do justice to in my review, but I actually found these songs to be quite catchy after a few listens. Death at a Birthday Party is six songs of acoustic pop punk with a vocal style similar to that style, with the occasional scream for some added emotion in a few of the tracks. Ryan’s riffs are super fucking catchy though and I feel like this ep is the perfect soundtrack for either a long road trip or for simply just chillin at the park (like me, right now). Maybe it’s because I am getting older and have experienced the early-mid 2000’s metalcore scene firsthand, but I feel like if this came out in 2002, Ryan would be an opening act on an A Long Winter tour (I mean that as a compliment, of course). Obviously I wish there were drums and a full band to accompany Ryan on these tracks, but as they are now, they are still interesting and worth a download. I’d be stoked as fuck if there were some drum tracks added to these songs in the future. 3/5 (4/5 if you normally listen to this kinda stuff) – I can appreciate the musicianship but probably not something I’d go out of my way to listen to on my own.
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