Rachel Reviews: Crazy Manic Love (Social Repose)

Today I'll be reviewing the EP "Crazy Manic Love" by Social Repose, I'll be going through this track by track! The first track is "Crazy Manic Love" which is a very powerful song to start an EP with and that's one of the things I love about this track, we jump right into it, the songs lyrics are relatable and the beat keeps the listener's interest. The singer has the perfect range for this song to keep the techno vibe and have a sort of pop-punk sound at the same time. I like how this song slowly builds from slow and mellow to a breakdown that would get nearly anyone in the mood to dance. I give this track 9.5/10 mainly because of the way the instrumentals really portray what the lyrics are trying to get across. The next track is called "More" which is a very mellow, happy piece. My favorite part about this piece is definitley the instrumentals, everything flows together nicely, and while I do like the vocals for this piece I feel as though the instrumentals and the sound of this song don't quite fit with the lyrics that the singer is trying to get across. On the plus side the song has a beautiful tone to it, I give this track an 8/10. The following track is "Wither", this song has a slower pace and really focuses on the lyrics. It has a lot of meaning to it and is a song where I really feel you should pay attention to the lyrics. It's a song that I feel can be taken multiple ways and have a meaning that is sort of individulized to your thoughts and experiences which always makes for a great song, in my opinion. I feel like it is a song that everyone can kind of relate to which gives this song a 9/10 in my book. Next is "I Will Kill Your Sadness" as soon as the song starts you can feel that definite vibe switch from sad and solem to a more, upbeat (for lack of a better term) sound. This is another song where the instrumental is definitley a big part in the song. The vocals are definitley different in this track which is really nice and refreshing, we also have that repeating of "I will kill your sadness" before each breakdown, which depending on the person, may get a little annoying at times but other than that, the beats are good and all flow together very well, the vocals are refreshingly different from the other tracks and we have those breakdowns which are always great, especially if you're in the car jamming with some subwoofers in the back! I give this track an 8.5/10, it would be a nine but the track can get repeatitive. Moving on we have "Temptress", we go back to that kinda slow, Owl City instrumental. The vocals are different, the singing is faster which is refreshing and we have some screaming in this track which definitley got my atttention! Especially when we haven't seen that yet on this EP! Again we have smooth breakdowns, we have some screaming mixed in (Which definitley will give Social Repose a little Pop-Punk attention!), this song is a little heavier than the rest on the EP which is really cool and different and that is something you definitley look for on an album because hearing the same sound over and over can get quite boring. "Temptress" is definitley something to listen to if you're into heavy stuff but also like the techno vibe as well. This track got a 10/10 from me. Finally the last track is "Breathe Carolina - Sellout (Social Repose Remix)" this track was definitley a little hard to review consider it's technically not Social Repose but I managed. That Social Repose vibe is there in the techno sense and the solid breakdowns, Breathe Carolina is definitley still there but you can tell that Social Repose is there too which is nice because sometimes you lose either the artist or the DJ in the remix but here I didn't feel like I lost either of them. This remix got an 8/10 from me, just because I'm not really a huge remix person but I thought it was pretty good! Until next time, check this EP out on Social Repose's Bandcamp it's called "Crazy Manic Love" (Click here for the link!)