EASYHEAD - PARANOID FUCK EP Review
EP Review: EASYHEAD - PARANOID FUCK
Solo act and side project of NoFace Records Tan Trees' alternative name EASYHEAD goes full speed ahead in his latest EP titled “Paranoid Fuck.” Easyhead’s easy going lo-fi/garage rock EP is schizophrenic on the outside but warm and fuzzy on the inside.
The paranoia feels pragmatic with the themes almost lunging to the feeling of desire, self-worth, and constant denial of whatever may come in your way. The intention of its ideas and themes becomes evident as it borrows influences from other prolific artists such as Ty Segall, King Tuff, and Parquet Courts.
The opening track “I Really Want a House” jettisons on a ramp to oblivion with its guitar-driven melody and repetitive chorus. With EasyHead desperately pleading -- well, you guessed it -- for a house (I mean, who doesn’t want a house? amirite?). This track is one of those hard-hitting openers I’ve heard in a while. I still find myself repeating this track over and over without getting fed up of it.
The second track titled “Star” stirs a lot of the lo-fi goodness with a blood boiling distortion, making other fellow lo-fi acts in the country to catch up to the level that Easyhead has initiated in this EP from beginning to end; I’ve never felt this heavy in a record in a long while. Following “Stir” is a heavier track titled “Surface Dream,” this third track is almost shifting to a more psychedelic territory that hinted with a little bit of static by the end. It then sounded like Easyhead went in a little bit of a noise routine with the guitar that sounded like it bashes onto the amplifier that eventually created this wall of noise. I don’t know what the hell is happening, but I like the way how it turned out sonically.
The fourth track “Love of My Life Man (ft. The Harrisons)”, is the only track on the EP that’s on a “meh” level of the meter, never liked as much as the majority of the tracks in the project. It sounded like a raw Tame Impala Innerspeaker demo, which doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad thing to take note. However, it’s one of those things that irked me when it comes to thinking about in the context of the oversaturation of other psych rock bands imitating the Tame Impala sound that fell on its feet and ended up being lame and obvious, taking away most of its authenticity. EasyHead’s music, on the other hand, makes music for us to feel uneasy without getting out of our seats and have a smoke break. This one is lo-fi music in its darkest days, and I fucking dig it.
The last two tracks aren’t that much worthy of a special mention, but they’re still in the lane of being good records that followed its sound. Nothing much to say about the last tracks and overall, Easyhead packs a lot of heat in this brand new material of his. This record needs to be checked out by lo-fi/garage rock fans here!
FAVORITE TRACKS: I REALLY WANT A HOUSE, STAR, SURFACE DREAM, TWO WAY MIRROR