On the week of April 23rd through the 29th I was supposed to listen to the last tsupper by Tomtsu, but I did not so I am listening to it now. There is a slight issue with this however, unbeknownst to me this entire time the last tsupper is actually an EP, and I set the rule for myself when starting this project that I was only going to listen to full albums. But I made an obligation to my friend who recommended this EP to me that I would listen to, so to solve this problem I am reviewing both the last tsupper but also Tomtsu's album The Only Members That Show Up.
The Only Members That Show Up is a fun Indie Rock romp with some outside influences that really add to the character of it. The album shows a lot of influence from Emo, Math Rock, and even sometimes 1970's Progressive Rock. I swear there are parts on this album that sound like they are from an Animals-era Pink Floyd. There are tons of odd time signatures used in ways that reminds me of how those bands from the 70s would use them, but they also have the mathy elements from more modern/American Football influenced Math Rock and Emo. The guitar work on the album has all of these influenced meshed together really well, with some soaring leads and solos but also more of the cleaner guitar playing interesting chords that comes more from the Emo and Indie. Tomtsu really blends all of this to make a unique sound that doesn't sound extremely derivative of other music, which is something I always love from a modern band. The vocalist is fantastic, she sings with such an Angelic quality in her voice and she knows how to write great melodies for herself. What took me a little bit by surprise with the album is that there are instrumental tracks! Always fun to have some instrumentals to really showcase how well a band plays and how well they can actually construct songs. And boy does this band play well! All the backing is incredible and really showcases how well this can play their instruments in an effective manner. This is certainly a fantastic album and I am glad I made myself listen to this as well as the EP. 8.5/10
the last tsupper is really more of the same! They toned down the progressiveness of it a little bit, which I do miss but what is left is still quite good. I will say my one little gripe is the production on this EP isn't the best. It sounds a bit muddy which I think is a bit of a detriment to the fantastic playing and songwriting going on here. Everything from the album applies here, so I won't bother reiterating everything. 8/10
I would also like to take the time to say I hope everyone had a good holiday season. Still got some albums left so I'll hold off on wishing you a happy new year. I made a little Chiptune cover of "Skating" from A Charlie Brown Christmas which you can find here, if you still want some of that holiday fun in your life.
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