The Evening Cast know how to work that easy listening indie pop.

With cute hooky guitars and accordingly cute hooky vocals, Lake is said to be The Evening Cast’s most cohesive effort to date.

The seven track EP is the first for the outfit after their independent release of inaugural single ‘Factory’ in July last year.

‘Knots And Bows’, the first cut off the record isn’t overly complicated, but an easy listen. The little guitar hooks at the beginning are nice, but it seems a little repetitive towards the end.

‘Surprise’ picks up slightly, with lovely melodies in the chorus and an interesting beat.

However, there seems to be somewhat of a reoccurring theme within Lake, regarding catchy choruses but somewhat tiresome versus.

The lyrics rely heavily on repetition making the end result a little boring, which is sad as it isn’t a valid representation of how great indie pop can be.

Things do pick up further along. ‘No Stopping’ is still rather repetitive but it works a little better than its predecessors. The chorus is, again, lovely, and the instrumental in the middle breaks up the song nicely.

The best track of the EP is ‘Heatbeat.’ Interestingly is hasn’t been released as a single like ‘Factory’ and ‘Knots And Bows’.

Some of the harmonies are a bit questionable, but it’s by far the most interesting and generally fun track to listen to.

All in all, it’s not an inspiring EP. It’s not overly attention grabbing, but that’s not to say it’s bad either.

Hopefully The Evening Cast will move on to bigger and greater things in their next effort.

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