Story Problem - The Envy Corps Single EP Review
Photo by:Ben Parks
Single EP Review
Forging an alliance between the sounds of Guillemots, Saves The Day and Far helps this Luke Pettipoole driven outfit create ambience, an uplifting feeling and still wrap up lyrical bemusement in a twine-ball of vocal sincerity. The title track encapsulates this neatly, Pettipoole’s hovering, feeling laden vocals hang over the spindling guitars with authority. A bass drum lifted percussion element contributes the throbbing feel, to be finished of with some choral high jinx backing vocals and handclapping, creating topsy-turvy mood effects.
A chilling and sporadic, instrumentally thrusting sojourn into the life of troubled poet Sylvia Plath, is delivered with vocal pleas to eek out feeling and regret. The Envy Corps take a turn towards true aching song-building, leading neatly into an acoustic, aching trek through self regret, Rooftop. An emo cherry is placed on top of this well-thought out four track foray for Party Dress. More urgency permeates the vocals and the Chris Conley in Pettipoole takes over, to rest in a beleaguered manner upon the slow turning guitars. This Iowan four piece has used unorthodox recording settings, such as the servant’s quarters of an old farmstead and a church to fully capture the impact of their feeling laden exploration.
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