EP Reviews: Weezer, Purity Ring, Tomb Mold
It's been a while since I did an EP round up and the year has honestly seemed kind of slow in that department, but hopefully we can pick back up to covering these short projects more frequently. SZNZ: Summer - Weezer Part two of Weezer's promise to release four seasonal EPs this year has arrived and after I wasn't crazy about the first collection of songs I wasn't sure what to expect from this one. Turns out it's an improvement on all fronts but there is one way in particular that it makes itself a more high impact listen and that's by turning up the intensity. Seriously even compared to their butt rock renditions of Van Halen rock a few years ago they really have genuinely upped the impact of the tracks in the mix here. Occasionally this comes to fruition in typical Weezer pop rock fashion on songs like the life-affirming music tribute Records . It also comes in songs that compositionally and sonically step out of Weezer's comfort zone like the strange tra...