Reviews

It never ceases to amaze me how many bands are really out there struggling to rise up to what their sometimes less deserving counterparts have amounted to. Nowadays, every music-obsessed kid and his high school friends are self proclaimed musicians. Everyone's got a band, every band is apparently the "best" band, and it's impossible to keep up. Some of those groups however, get signed to miniscule indie labels that are probably struggling just as much as the band to put dinner on the table. Those are the ones that churn out albums as if they are treasure. And they are. Treasure, that is. They're the ones you throw in when you just want a change of pace, when you want to know that modesty still exists and when you forget what those little bands sound like when they're just starting out. Little Yellow Box is doing something that's been done dozens of times before, but they're doing it surprisingly well and with a flair that deserves notice and admiration.   Their sound is like a pot of soup. There's definitive influences from At The Drive In, obscurity derived from The Mars Volta, vocals resembling a well toned Coheed and Cambria and some instrumentals that when you close your eyes and tune out the vocals, feel like a symphony orchestra minus the orchestra. The dynamics and syncopated rhythms of each song demonstrate a real understanding for music construction, a knowledge that tends to be thrown out the window for power chords in popular music these days.  Little Yellow Box never once lets go of their appreciation for melody and rhythm while balancing it out with a hardness and edge that makes this EP more of a journey than a CD. It is Indie Rock in its finest form, a pure example of what too much free time will do to a person.   The lyrics are so creatively unique, making little sense at times, yet still being perfectly clear. It's almost like being in another universe, one where music is true art. That's what this is, what this whole band is. They're artists that only come around once in a while. Of course they can improve, and they will, but this twenty minute EP is worth putting on repeat. It's worth buying.  Buy this, put it on and close your eyes because music like this deserves no interruptions and no distractions. Great release for Negative Progression.