Who Stole The Cookie
From The Cookie Jar - Self Titled EP review
by Micah Jordan
WSTCFTCJ is a newer
nescore project, hailing from Riverside, California. The bands
Facebok page lists
them as currently being a 3 piece, but I'm not entirely sure if
that's accurate. I know for awhile they had more members.
Nonetheless, this band kicks ass, and their debut S/T EP is a top
notch! The album is full of blasting, sick gutturals and high
screams, dissonant 8bit synth lines, and even sweet melodies! To my
knowledge this whole EP was produced, instrumentally, in LSDj. Sorry
if I'm wrong there!
The intro track,
cleverly titled "Intro", is a nice track to start off the
release. lots of blast beats, double bass, brees, uuughs, and
dissonant, heavy synths. There's also some cool effects happening
near the end. Very solid start to this new bands first release!
The 2nd track,
titled "Into The Forest" is probably the best example of
how this band combines the insane heavy 8bit with the sweet melodies.
The song kicks off with a cool drum fill, which isn't something I'd
expect from someone using LSDj, but the drum fills in this track are
nearly abused, but in the best way. The cool melody in this song is
probably my favourite off this release. My only gripe is the weakness
in the bass. The song ends with a crazy blasting freak out from out
of nowhere. The tempo picks up, and the snare and kick slam away
under the disgusting vocals. Great track!
Track 3, titled
"Jim" also starts off with a cool drum fill. A little
cooler than before. This song is pretty grindy with lots of low riffs
and also some cool melodies and even some tremelo picking esque
leads. I'd like to add that the way the band kinda used LSDj as the
band, using the synths as either heavy chugs and riffs, or tremelo
leads/cool melodies, and making the metal drum beats using LSDj's
kits. This is one of the grindier and crazier tracks on this EP.
Pretty sweet track.
Track 4, titled "Man
The Tanks" is another heavier track, even though it starts with
a pretty sweet melody. Lots of contrast in this track. Lots of low
rhythms and double bass. Then it goes into a dissonant, almost techy
feeling riff that is probably my favourite section of any song on
this EP. It gives it a really authentic metal. Then after a little
more of that, a sweet, sweet melody with some arpeggios and some
reverb drenched vocals. This is my favourite track off the EP.
Track 5, titled "The
Goddess Chapel", begins with a sweet arpeggio riff that gives a
sorta cool tapping riff feel. This song is packed with sweet riffs
and melodies. plenty of awesome blast beats and synths all around.
This track is what I'd see being called the best track on the EP, and
for good reason. Although the 4th track is my favourite, this track
is very good.
This is a top tier
release in my opinion, and I highly recommend it if you haven't
checked it out yet. I'd give the final rating a 9/10, but only
because I'm not a huge fan of the sounds in LSDj's kit channel.
Granted, WSTCFTCJ utilized them better than I've ever heard, and did
a great job at writing the drums in general, I just don't care for
the sounds. Otherwise, this is an amazing EP!
Track List:
1.Intro 01:20
2.Into The Forest 01:17
3.Jim 01:51
4.Man The Tanks 02:45
5.The Goddess' Chapel 02:28
