Lots of bands cull lost love and past mistakes into songs, but few do it with the grace and beauty displayed on Communist Daughter's latest EP. Front man, Johnny Solomon and backing singer Molly Moore make an alluring pair throughout, with their playful vocals bouncing back and forth through the foreboding horns, blues-kissed guitar, and cute whistling of lovestruck "Heart Attack" serving as the best display of their chemistry. Solomon's struggles with addiction and newfound love culminate in the strummy bliss of "Don't Remember Me", as he warns, "I'm thirty-one, or I'm seventeen / I'm almost dead, but I'm almost clean / And I wish I didn't have to love you this way".
There are more than passing similarities to The Shins ("The Speed Of Sound") and Bon Iver ("City Love"), but even on the tracks where the influences encroach more heavily, Communist Daughter still manage to place their own stamp on them. Solomon's lonesome falsetto brushing through the blend of lightly strummed acoustic and twangy fingerpicking on haunting "City Love" are elevated by Moore's sweet, breathy backing harmonies, as he ponders, "The more I learn, the less I know / Like why I left you all those years ago". The breezily oohing backing melody adrift in "Speed Of Sound" is definitely reminiscent of The Shins' "New Slang", and frankly the the softly chugging acoustic and tambourine shiver do nothing to shake the comparison, but Solomon's chilling vocals reflecting on wasted nights keep you from minding too much. Communist Daughter prove to be a fantastic talent on this six-track sampling, offering a wonderful look at their emotional, melodic folk rock sound that leaves you frothing at the mouth for their next full-length.
Seek - "Heart Attack", "City Love", "The Speed Of Sound"
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