Review

Ecstatic Sunshine
Way
"Herrons"

Their last album Freckle Wars was often criticized for becoming monotonous as it went on, but nevertheless I think it was still something new and fantastic. This new EP takes a different approach to album structure, sporting 30 minutes of music over 3 tracks instead of 12. I think the problem here is that I’d much rather skip over a track than however many minutes of annoyingly repetitive music because I end up feeling like I’m missing something. Fortunately, the repetitiveness pays off by melding flawlessly into new movements within the songs, where you begin to hear certain elements reintroduced in different ways. I like to see albums that play out like a learning experience—teaching you one concept before moving onto the next—incorporating what you’ve learned into what you need to figure out, and though it probably isn’t too intended and more of a side effect of drone-like music, Ecstatic Sunshine work on a similar premise with Way.