Jovi Skyler’s EP Call It A Day opens with its provocatively titled intro track, establishing a clear, unpretentious aesthetic. Fuzzy guitars and a straightforward rhythm section deliver a pure punk rock aesthetic while the vocal track is intentionally seated deep within the mix. With a clear mood to resist experimentation the chord progression is kept as familiar as it gets.
It’s Lil Bo Weep though, the second track, that is showcasing the artists ability to write guitar riffs that are heavy, simple, and memorable, the ones you could find in a Kurt Cobain’s hidden b-side. Shocked by our comparison? Imagine yourself in that dingy club, in the early days when their sound was sludgier and more punk-rock than their later polished sound. You see what we mean?
For Frankenstein, the artist takes a step back, to introduce a softer version of the EP. Here, cleaner guitars meet the greatly raw delivery something we really appreciated. It takes a certain strength to put yourself out there and be so exposed. Steeped in a tone of isolation the artist sings that you can’t get back what is lost. That feeling. To quote Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s classic novel Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.
Jovi Skyler closes the EP with an outro track that masterfully employs the classic dynamic shift in the delivery characterised by the abrupt shift from soft, less intense melodic passages to sudden, explosive bursts echoing Rumble rumble.
We could talk more about it. About its messy reality of underground punk rock, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But we will leave the music to do the rest of the work.
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