Welcome to my Review (In Brief) series, a series where I’ll be sharing my first impressions of albums outside of my more in-depth reviews and no score will be tied to this review.
Today’s In Brief is Electric Callboy‘s latest LP, TANZNEID.
On first impressions, this album has the potential to be a brilliant Electronicore album. It hits all of the right notes in terms of electronic meets metalcore; however, for me, there’s one thing that dampens the excitement around the album and the band as a whole: Eurodance.
Don’t get me wrong, as a 90s kid, Eurodance was pumped into my ears regularly, from Aqua, to Eiffel 65 to 2 Unlimited. There was no shortage of pumping four-on-the-floor dancefloor beats being blasted from slammed Vauxhall Corsas, which was a vibe. But does it really work cohesively within Electronicore? I’m not sure.
I first heard Electric Callboy via their single We Got The Moves; it was one of those novel things where it begins very Eurotrash, then bursts into metalcore. It was a gimmick that I thought was great. “This band is going on Eurovision” type jokes. But soon I realised the joke wasn’t a joke – it was their entire thing.
And this might not be my “thing”, which is fine. Electric Callboy have their audience. But I can’t escape the gimmick, and that’s what kind of lets this album down for me. As I said, it has some great Electronicore moments, but it also feels like it’s banging the same joke over and over. Oh, and having a song featuring Brawl Stars feels capitalist – but maybe that’s the joke? And that’s kind of my point.
That being said, there’s a pretty interesting cover of Sum41‘s Still Waiting, which is actually pretty dope. You never know, maybe this album will grow on me, or maybe it’ll gather dust in my library.
Standout tracks:
– Heartclub
– Still Waiting