snake eyes

skeletons

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Genre: Grunge, Punk, Brit-pop.
Released: 09/10/2020
Via Failure By Design

EP Review: snake eyes – skeletons ep

Starting off this EP is the very fast paced ‘don’t worry’, the song instantly grabs you in it’s complex layers of noise. The repeated lyrics “Yeah, I’m good, I’m fine, don’t worry” show how people constantly try to disguise the noises in their heads, when trying to hide their true feelings. The song also takes a chance to remind us not to worry “you worry too much, put yourself in an early grave”. The song doesn’t drag on, saying what it has to say and then slowly fading away before two minutes have passed.

The EP then moves into ‘listen’ which starts off with Thomas Coe-Brooker’s thumping drumming, before introducing Nicole Gill’s bassline, and then eventually Jim Heffy’s vocals. The song has a really nice mix of punk-y attitude and grunge-y undertones.

Title track ‘skeletons’ stands out the most to me on this EP, a lovechild of indie and grunge songs past. The track points out to us that everyone is human, and that “beneath it all, we’re all just skeletons”, telling us “can’t you just be kind?” and that behind walls “we’re all so delicate”.

Back to throwing us about, ‘wishbone’ feels like we’ve just been thrown down the stairs. I imagine this song would be fun to see live (when we get back to normality), I imagine it being a great messy circle pit song, throwing everyone in the audience around. ‘Bugged Out’ takes it’s time, and is a nice contrast to the rest of the album’s fast paced nature, however does feel like it starts to drone on towards the end.

This volatile EP really shows off the great mix of genres that this band refers to as “grit pop”, the whole EP feels raw and DIY, which works in its favor. I look forward to hearing more from snake eyes in the future as they hone their sound.