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At first listen, the Vega Star EP may seem to belong to another era, when it took days and weeks for news to travel around the world, not minutes. There's no sarcasm, no caustic wit, no gimmicks. This is serious music, saturated with honesty and desperation and healing, evoking campfire meditations and caves, cheap wine and patience stretched taut, like a muscle.
Rolbiecki's subdued and mysterious rasp anchors the listener throughout, sketching the melody, black ink on white paper. Burich's lead guitar line comes off almost like a dueling vocal, challenging his counterpart then blending with him, adding much of the color to the first three songs. It's an unconventional approach that nevertheless appears to come naturally to the Vega Star.
Subtle, unbalanced drumbeats drive the madness on "Time Waltz." The fourth and final song on the EP is somehow the most pleasing to the ear, despite its rythmic eerieness.
Better than good, the Vega Star's self-produced first release will intensify your mood and then vanish, leaving you wanting more.