Tyler Sihelnick (vocals), Wesley Landis (guitar), Kyle Ryder (bass) and Justin Clark (drums) are Parties with Strangers. The band released an EP literally called EP 1 that contains high energy no-frills garage rock that occasionally gets into metal territory. The EP is three songs that come in at less than ten minutes long.
Bands like Queens of the Stone Age and Blood Brothers immediately came to mind. Suffice it to say the band isn’t doing anything that hasn't been done countless times before but the songs are well executed. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of the music is how dynamic the band is. There is heart pounding energy that I surmise is best experienced live. They open with “Papercut” which immediately introduces a ’70s punk Ramones inspired riff. They however make no commitments to the riff because by the forty-five second mark the band revs up the intensity with blood curdling vocals. The band packs in enough riff and transitions within the two minutes and forty seconds to leave you thoroughly satisfied. I loved the fact that the breakdown build up towards the end of the song only leads to another build up. “Swamp Thing” is more or less turned up to eleven the entire time. There isn't a lot of time to breathe here. Kudos to the production team on this one because capturing that type of intensity isn’t easy. They close with “Lot Lizard” which has one of the coolest sounding screams I’ve heard in a long time that comes in around the fifty-second mark. The band just sounds like straight metal at times on this track. Similar to the first track there is so much packed into the song that it's on the verge of being too much. On that note one minor issue I had was that I felt the hooks were elusive. The vocal melody changed so often it was like I couldn’t latch on to anything. Parties with Strangers is a new band that sparked my interest with these three songs. Their technical chops are exceptional and the energy will get your heart racing. I’m looking forward to hearing more. Recommended.
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