The EP Madness continues, as we return to...
I'm Here, I'm Gone
You've already seen the front, so here's the flip-side!
The Pandoras! Since we've already talked about them in the "It's About Time" entry, let's just get right into the music on their debut EP!
1. "I'm Here, I'm Gone" - A great Garage Rock number with fuzz-guitars and Psychadelic electric organs, not to mention Paula's laid-back yet rough vocals! While it's certainly fun and has a good retro vibe to it (especially during the solo), it's not their strongest song. I like the tempo change at the very end!
2. "It's About Time" - This track would later go on to be the namesake of the LP "It's About Time", and it's one that we've already looked at before! For those of you who skipped over The Pandoras' previous entry, this is a Psychadelic track with solid vocal harmonies, and a tempo change here and there.
The Pandoras get ready to hit some waves!
3. "That's Your Way Out" - By far my favorite song by The Pandoras, this one hits the retro sound right in the bullseye! Fast and insanely infectious, this one remains frantic and fresh until the very end. With solid vocal harmonies, fantastic fuzz-guitar work, psycho electric organ playing and a steady drum beat, everything mixes together sublimely in the bowl of Garage Rock to make one fantastic batter, heated up into an amazing rough-yet-sweet cake! How's
that for a metaphor?
4. "Why" - Another of their rough and minimalist Garage Rock tracks, I didn't like this one as much as the others when I first heard it. The vocals were just a little too strained, and the song just didn't do enough to stand out from the others. But hearing it again, it's kinda grown on me. What can I say, I'm a sucker for unpolished music.
I love The Pandoras, but this EP really isn't as strong as it could have been. Even though it has one of my all-time favorite songs on it ("That's Your Way Out"), it's held back by numbers like "Why" and "I'm Here, I'm Gone" that are good, but definitely could have used a little more work. All in all, it's still a very fun EP for fans of Garage Rock, and I've got to give them props for their great Psychadelic album art! Alright, that's another down in our EP Madness! Which only leaves one more...