Like a Technicolor dreamscape, traversing the sonorous cosmos of Shaker Bloomheart’s latest EP “Nobody’s Perfect and So Can You” is akin to dancing with shadowy ghosts one moment and pirouetting across a field of ethereal lilies the next. An auditory Rorschach test splattered across time signatures, it oscillates between melancholic nostalgia and blistering rage – a sonic chiaroscuro.
The torque in Bradley Average’s emotionally-charged vocals paints an anguished yet irresistible portrait on “I Will Rupture and Die,” where genres ricochet like fervent comets; punk confronts emo while lo-fi beats elbow trip-hop into intoxicating submission. A cataclysmic epic that tantalizes then terrifies—like an indigo sun collapsing unto its fevered core.
Yet your soul barely has time to lick its metaphoric wounds before you’re vaulted headfirst into the flighty zeal of “Leftover Generation.” Shorter in length but no less monumental—it sighs with boundless energy, tirelessly pounding upon terra firma till it echoes through every ear-canal from Seattle to Neptune.
Recording done amid bedroom walls bear testament not just talent but nerves frayed raw – unfiltered snapshots like Polaroids delineating creative evolution at fever pitch. Heartfelt shouts harmonize misfit solidarity against everyday ennui—the song-studded outcry both cautionary tale and boisterous anthem for fellow societal square pegs spiraling amidst round holes.
EP closes leaving ears ringing—a beckoning echo that dances ghostly tango along synapses—balancing precariously on that silken thread dividing mellifluous mayhem from sublime serenity. With precision as poetic as it is powerful, this ultimately bite-sized beastie bristles with such riotous energy one can’t help but be bewitched by Bloomheart’s mesmerizing mélange — a bellyful banquet whetted down into a tantalizing tapas for the auditorily intrepid.
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