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Local EP review: The Seas ‘Head of Snakes’
If the cardinal sin of pop music is to bore, then someone should proclaim the Seas saints. On the digital-only six-song EP “Head of Snakes” the Austin quartet’s big-tent approach makes for a topsy-turvy, constantly shifting listen that zigs every time you expect it to zag. “The Stars Don’t Shine Just For You” slinks out of the speakers as an atmospheric slice of alternative rock, vocalists Nurk and LaRue trading off yin and yang verses like a downtempo Tears for Fears.
But after the anthemic slow build of “Suicide,” with its beautifully romantic sentiment (“We don’t need no suicide for the two of us to get high”) has you expecting six solid songs of endearingly dreamy art rock, “Makeout Bandits” throws a curveball. The uppity country-western barnburner could move boots on the Broken Spoke dance floor, while “Don’t Take My Fun Away” is an invigorating excursion into big brass funk. As Nurk sings on sunny ditty “Lullahello,” “This is your sweet song and it’s all you’ll get from me.” Fortunately, all we get is more than enough.
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