GUIDING LIGHT - GUIDING LIGHT EP
Tucked into even more niche corner of the internet, my initial thoughts went something like: "Mostly good-to-great. The opener and closer aren't bad, just a little too mersh, ya dig? Would love to hear a lot more like "Lost In Voices," sub-two minutes, jangly, jammin' econo."
Not an all around bad review, though too harsh for something I've repeatedly come back to with excitement. The bass really steals the show for me and does, in fact, boom and bounce econo w/ weighty notes given sentience, like M___ WATT hisself spilled some blood or seed and some cosmic starburst went "CLAP!, Wake up!" a la oh so many myths of old. The guitars, again, jangle and crackle while maintaining some grit and edge, cuttin' straight down to the dancing bones to trigger spontaneous primal can-can in even the most unshakingest of asses. Drums: steady, rhythmic, freaky. Elise's vocals are confident, beautiful, and emotionally evocative without ever feeling affected, recalling the hypnotic highs (first hint of encroaching edge break? bong water unner the bridge, innit?) experienced during the initial digital spin of NUCLEAR FAMILY first foray (I'll thank you for one thing and one thing only, Negative Kevin. You had great taste and a terrible mouth).
I regret not putting this on my best of 2025, but you can still learn from my fuggin' mistakes, True Believers! Let it shine bright, the Light is here!
Edification/revelation imminent: https://guidinglightatx.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-ep
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