Slyde
Back Again

Canadian band Slyde are back again with a new EP. It is an EP with a cover that has me thinking of some of their countrymen making similar music, it had me thinking of Rush for some reason. And that isn’t too far off the sound of this quartet who have released a quartet of EPs before this one and no albums so far. They are back after a two-year hiatus and it was four years since their latest release so they’ve had their fans waiting for a while. And it is not like they are offering up that much in terms of music either, this EP plays just short of 19 minutes divided on four tracks.

Described as progressive protest rock if we combine some of the opinions I read, they are modern and progressive with a melodic and rather varied sound. It is also an EP with decent depth and I would describe it as sounding a bit Canadian. The production could have been better but it can still be described as pretty good, and the vocals are good. I think we can describe this as a competent quartet of musicians.

Musicians that also has decent lyrics dealing with human nature and environmentalism in a sci-fi disguise and the story is a little about an alien race deciding against contact with humans due to the stupidity and violence of the human race. As far as I can understand, that is. I think that it great with bands who does think of lyrical concepts as well as the music and the melodies. And they do well on both those counts.

I am not really a fan of the EP format, it is kind of like the short story when it comes to writing and that is just too little in terms of making a really strong impression. Nevertheless, in this case, though I would want more, it is still a strong quartet of songs, songs that I like. I can certainly say that Slyde makes the time it takes to play this little EP worthwhile.

All four songs are really strong on this EP, the first and the last one are the highlights and they are great songs. It comes highly recommended, and I recommend that you spend some nineteen minutes on this great piece of music.

HHHHHHH