Why
is it that when I see the word “syrup”, regardless of how it is spelled, I
never think of maple syrup but rather my mind goes straight to cough syrup and
the notion of kids drinking it for the alcoholic content? Whatever the reason might be, it works in
this case because this cassette does begin with some pretty trippy guitar
riffs.
Side
A does offer up some vocals early on and this is something under the seapunk banner
that isn’t fully seapunk. I’m going to
say vaporwave because I’m pretty certain Illuminated Paths uses that tag and I
might have even seen it for syrrup before at that.
Without
the vocals, this is pretty and dreamy.
It brings out the slow jamz on Side A as well as a little bit of New
Kids on the Block, which is cool because I still enjoy listening to them on
cassette. This leads in nicely to Side
B, which has a little bit more singing on it than Side A does.
Side
B is sort of a somber version of Depeche Mode.
It doesn’t have that intensity or something that makes Depeche Mode
louder, but it still works and is rather good.
Amidst the synth drum crashes, this does manage to get quieter by the
end of it, which does say a lot in terms of the pacing and just general tone
which makes this such an overall great cassette.
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