Barracuda Disco’s EP starts off with the electrifying “I Don’t Mind,” this sets up the perfect stage for the Nashville two-piece, Dillion & Brennan. The dynamic-duo is a mixture of garage rock, punk and country — you get a wave of it right off the bat. The genre-blending takes control over the song, shifting genres emphasize the rockiness in the narrator’s relationship, “But I don’t mind, waste my time.” It ends off with an outro, demonstrating carefree elements while emphasizing Barracuda Disco’s instrumental strength. “Thorns” creeps up on you while being heavy on the drums followed by intense raw vocals. I would say this is the crash-out aspect of the EP, “So I pick up your ring / That I gave to you.” The narrator is conflicted, “ Hoping for a minute / I would feel the love / I’d once seen in you,” while passing it off as a hilarious moment, “Ha Ha.” The narrator’s suffering is emotional, spiritual and physical, “But Christ’s thorns still prick.” “Peculiar,” starts off with an eerie electric guitar, and dissonance brings in the drums. Although, we start unknowingly with no certain direction, “It’s so peculiar.” The end suddenly swings towards the momentum, almost like an acceptance, “I’m nothin’ like you’re used to.” The track ends with a tasteful finish.
“That Ain’t Me,” starts off with electric guitar followed by raw vocals later backed up by an explosive percussion. A contrast to “Thorns,” the narrator is having a self-reflection, “My problems are mine.” The electric guitar is coming for the listener, with its Jaws-like rhythm. Almost as if the narrator is out of time to decide, “Choices, I can’t make ‘em.” “From Nothing to Less,” features the disillusionment within the narrator’s relationship, “Rebels walk their deserts / Lovers ride alone most nights / I’m undecidedly stuck on neither side.” This is one of the more sentimental tracks, as the narrator yearns “Need a sign / Need a sign.” The screaming outro, sounds like a profound heart-ache – the blowing raspberries, a sign of stress.
- Ethan Del Rosario De Regino
