Lyrical mantras and heady instrumentation take center stage
on London-based alternative rock band The Action’s latest EP 'Indefensible'.
Jump starting the EP is the inaugural entry: “The Echo”, which puts a jazzy
spin on the band’s trip hop influences. “Counting All Days” follows with a trance-like
vigor. Arriving at the EP’s third song is where 'Indefensible' breaks out. Opening
with a succinct drum beat, the EP’s title track builds through an intricate
instrumental section before cresting into a layered echo of vocals. Gloomy and
brimming with an electric pulsation of sound, The Actions bring their
psychedelically bent rock into an immaculate storm of sound.
The lyrical content is lean on loquacious variety, using its
sparse variation of wording to draw attention to 3 repeated mantras “wanna take
my everything far away”, “everyday my energies rot away” and “you make me go
slow”. It all culminates in a closing verse distinctively devoid of repetition,
in a reference to stagnant tranquility and the desire to be stirred towards a
new horizon. Melodically cloaked in a nocturnal sense of dimension, “Indefensible”
features a trio of structured movements. From its instrumental introduction to the ethereal
vocals that enter soon afterwards and the looming guitar riff that ties it all
together.
Penultimate track “So Still” similarly kicks up a fair share
of dreamy stardust with an alternating melodic flavoring that seamlessly
transitions between the band’s psychedelic and alt rock leanings. “Clouding
Over (part 1)” closes out the EP with an entirely instrumental sound. The
briefest song on the EP, it hits all the right notes before fading into
the trippy ether.
'Indefensible' is an EP that consistently showcases the band’s
unique sound and futuristic poise. There is an electro industrialism that seeps
into all of The Action’s tracks, dipping into a realm of beat-based instrumentation that simmers long after you have taken off your headphones.
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