YAWA's third Ep is a self titled epic blend of metal, D'n'B, house and dubstep. It can be split into two parts: the songs and the remixes, thanks to competitions run on Dave's (the producer/songwriter/rapper) website, boy in a band. Also the EP is free on noisetrade, which is awesome. So let's play track one!
Into Your Eyes
The track almost immediately drops into a brilliant instrumental, full of massive guitar riffs that are complemented well by the drums and synths. THe verses are quite laid back (well, in comparison to the choruses). The best bit of the track, however, is the epic dubstep metal bridge! You have to hear this to experience it, because there is honestly no way to describe it. It's up at the top.
Ludicity
It starts off quite quiet, lulling you into false sense of security before the massive guitars hit and the chanting starts. The chorus itself is a bit boyband-y, but has a great high ptiched lead with a another square lead thrown in that's heard throughout the whole song. The bridge, like most of YAWA's music is the best bit, with distorted vocals and sweet guitar. GIve it listen.
Skyline
The intro is very misleading, making you think that they've finally got rock. It soon gets its act together though, dropping into a really sweet chorus (however a bit like the two tracks before). The rapping verses are really sweet, with a really niace bass hook. The verse singing is nice realease from the other elements of the track, before the epic chorus. As per usual the bridge and outro are superb.
Take The World By Storm
If you thought it was getting a bit samey by now, here's a spanner in the works. With full on screaming and shouting, there litterally no quiet moment since the start. It's such a heavy song, so heavy I can't properly decide if I like or not. Anyway it's there if you want to listen to it.
Visionary
Now here's a good song. Really, really nice liquid drum and bass. Just liquid, nothing else, just a nice track. It's really nice and emotional, chilled, with some sweet vocodered rapping and some nice singing. I just really, really liked it. Anyway, let's move on.
The Remixes
I really hate it when bands almost pad out an EP with remixes done by other people. I mean the BIAB remix is good because that's sort of his song, but getting other people to write 4 songs for you to shove on your album is not really my cup of tea. I think the main thing is that fans have waited for the EP for about a year now and there's only really 3 more completly new songs on it. Having said that I love all the remixes (apart from rmonik's, which sucks) and I'm probably going to review Mizuki's Last Chance, who remixed Nebula.
Conclusion
So yeah. Great EP but let down by the remixes. 8/10. If anyone has any recomendations, let me know in the comments and I'll see you next time.
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