Bad Love & Licker produce music in a similar vein to that of Every Time I Die. It’s hard hitting music played quickly and aggressively. The sound created here is an extremely interesting one, four tracks make up this EP and I have to say that it provides for an incredibly enjoyable listening experience. At only four tracks long this EP is a little too short to give any real idea of the sustained quality of Bad Love & Licker as a band however. What is here is good, but whether or not this band would be able to maintain your interest throughout an entire album still remains to be seen.
The music on display with this EP is all very similar, I like it though so for me this is really no bad thing. Variation is not a strong point of Bad Love & Licker, still however the music is extremely effective and terrific fun to listen to. The band storms through the guitar riffs in great style, the vocals are shouted supremely and at all stages of this EP the music absolutely explodes with energy. The music impacts instantly and within seconds you find yourself beating on anything in sight to the time of the drums.
The EP’s opening track ‘Spread The Bad Love’ has to be my favourite from this release, for me this track captures the essence and structure of an Every Time I Die track entirely, a band I personally am a huge fan of. At every moment of the tracks progression it’s just like listening to Every Time I Die, it’s this that I love so much about the track and for me nothing after this can ever quite live up to the fantastic opening that the band here presents you with.
Bad Love & Licker is a decent band, with this EP a definite talent can here be recognised and the music has a ferocious bite about it that is absolutely brilliant to hear. I want to hear an album from Bad Love & Licker before long, it will be interesting to find out whether or not the transition can be made from four track EP to full length album. I have no doubt that the live show of Bad Love & Licker would be an incredibly explosive one, to hear this band on the live circuit would surely be to hear them at their best but I certainly can have no complaints with the four tracks that are present on this EP. Quickly this EP progresses, always it entertains and at all moments the four members of Bad Love & Licker prove themselves to be talented and intelligent musicians with a definite ear for producing a fine sound.
Release Date: 28th April 2008
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.