Diamond Youth – Orange
Review by Jen Boylen
When listening to Orange, you would never guess the band Diamond Youth spends a lot of their time as a band communicating through video chat and sending music back and forth to each other. Even with being split between Baltimore and Chicago, Diamond Youth covers the distance flawlessly and their second release Orange is definitely an example of that. Plus, when they released a six song EP and two bonus tracks on Top Shelf Records for five bucks in any electronic format you want, what’s not to love?
Orange has a sort of old school rock vibe to it, with out being tired. It’s fresh and new while still having the substance that lots of new music seems to be lacking. Orange is a like mesh between Weezer and countless other rock influences that I recognized but could not quite put my finger on. It’s definitely a release that can’t be missed.
I enjoyed this EP from start to finish although through the middle I find myself a tiny bit bored. I felt like each song sort of blended into the next. Continuity is not a bad thing in any sense, but I just wasn’t genuinely excited by each track. I was also pretty surprised that the title track, “Orange” was the shortest of all six songs timing in at 2:15. But it’s worth the two minutes with its very prominent drums and dreamy sort of melodies in the vocals. It sure has a title track feel to it.
“Cannonball”, the opening track on Orange is by far my favorite on the whole EP. I really like the eerie feel to the vocals and edgy style of the instrumentals. While I was writing this I kept finding myself replaying “Cannonball” over and over. I just can’t get enough of it. Although, “Separator” is close second; it resembles Young the Giant a bit and loved it as well. Even with that, Orange as a whole if absolutely a EP to check out, and at only five bucks, you can’t go wrong.
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Recommended Tracks: “Cannonball” “Separator” and “Orange”
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