http://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/album/vacation-wasteland-ep
As the album started I was beginning to worry that the chiptune I had been promised wasn't going to be such a major part of the album. I shouldn't make such rash judgments in the first few seconds. The Two Door Cinema Club sounding guitar introduction to the album gleefully takes on the chiptune sound and intermingles. The entire album sounds as though the artist, after deep extensive thought on where to write the songs, decided to use the beach of some far off planet. As they wrote each song Gundams were flying overhead, using their thrusters to create some waves to crash on the beach. This song is perfect for road trips, for just laying in bed, or even for deciding you want to trash your room in some sort of cheesy 90's montage.
Now for the in depth review: As I said, "Intro" seems to go the way of The Depreciation Guild, but instead of having chip sounds played on top of Post-rock guitars, it takes a pop laden direction. After all of the pieces came together, it was suddenly a medley of pop guitars, battle sequence music, and all things good. Next is a smooth transition into "Vacation Wasteland", a breath of fresh bit-reggae into the lungs of the sun bathing adventurer. This song is more or less exactly what would happen if you took a pina colada and reduced the resolution on it, and took it with you to the S.S. Anne.
"Summer Is Gone", the third song on the album, is a pitch swelling approach to recognizing that the pixelated sun is setting on the roof of your house one last time before you have actual things to do again. Not necessarily a sad song, though not necessarily a happy one, this song seems to have only one message; "summer is over, that sucks, but there are many months ahead of us yet." Ended with an abrupt halt, it is followed by the punk rock/alternative rock channeling "Splash Nebula". The song is filled to the brim with strong guitar chords, and pleasantly soft and counter balancing triangle sounds.
More or less, all I have to say is that if Pokemon ever decided to take a slight punk direction, maybe a bit of bit-reggae, I wouldn't mind this being it. I wouldn't mind one bit. If I had to pick a personal favorite thing about this album, it would be the punk guitar inserts. To be fair, that's the same thing that drew me straight to The Depreciation Guild, and honestly I wish there were a little bit more guitar, but that's just me. I'll leave it up to you guys to listen to the rest of the album.
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