Dallas Busha is an artist from Spring Hill, Florida, and has been playing guitar for twenty years. Busha mentions “I began by learning jazz and quickly took a liking to punk rock and folk music. I currently play with a local metal band but wanted to expand my horizons.”Expanding his horizons came in the form of a five-song EP entitled Moral Compass.
The EP does mix a lot of disparate genres. There were certain moments which really caught my attention. The EP gets going with “Shattered on the Floor in a Million Pieces.” It starts with a guitar that sounds like it's creating a build. The crescendo is anticlimactic but in a good way. There are warm, buzzing sine waves, drums and solid guitar patterns. The vocals have a good amount of reverb but are sparse and I wouldn’t consider them a lead. There was a nice melancholy buzz and this was perhaps the most emotionally resonant moment on the EP. However the song changed quite drastically in mood. The mood almost feels emotionally neutral when it’s just guitar and drums. “No Borders'' contains some solid guitar work and has an upbeat quality. The vocals are barely staying in key towards the beginning but come together better a little later in the song. As the song progresses there are some original sounding parts and elements I wasn’t expecting. It's one go the highlights. “The Sound of Isolation” is this prog and psychedelic rock song with a very ’80s sounding foundation. However the song fades into another section which really sounds like a completely different song. There’s some guitar work which gives it pensive quality along with manipulated vocals which work quite well. “Old Ghosts” is the most rock based song and again so far has more of a prog, metal flavor. Last up is an intimate song called “Little Dove.” It couldn't be farther away from “Old Ghosts.” This EP is very varied in terms of mood, styles and aesthetics. So much so that I really couldn’t get much of an idea of a signature sound of the artist. My favorite moments were the melancholy ones like on ““Shattered on the Floor in a Million Pieces” and the end ““The Sound of Isolation.” I think this was the sweet spot for the artist and encourage him to explore this sound more because it’s where I think his strength lies. This is a scattered EP with a number of moments where everything seems to come together. I look forward to hearing more of his solo work.
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