Take Cover - Waiting In The Moment EP (Review)

Artist: Take Cover
Album: Waiting In The Moment
Label: Independent
Release Date: January 21^st
Genre: Pop-rock
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Pop rock is a sim­ple genre. The instru­men­tal com­plex­i­ties exhib­ited in metal scenes, and the lyri­cal inge­nu­ities divulged by indie scenes are prefer­able but not required. For an aspir­ing pop rock band, your pri­or­i­ties are hooks, hooks, and more hooks. That’s where Take Cover come in – the Minnesota quin­tet have spent their two years of exis­tence craft­ing enthu­si­as­tic, heart­felt and always excit­ing pop rock songs.

With the pur­pose of pleas­ing fans, Take Cover’s lat­est release Waiting In The Moment show­cases the band in both past, present and future forms. Acoustic ver­sions of “Resolution” and “The Last Word” sim­ply appear as stripped down ver­sions of the orig­i­nals, found on 2009’s enthralling The Last Word EP. Excitement dimin­ishes with the less­ened pace, and the songs pro­vide a pleas­ant vari­a­tion to the orig­i­nals - but not an alter­na­tive. However, the real inter­est lies within new songs “Waiting In The Moment” and “The Leaves Will Change”. The title track fea­tures guest vocals from local female vocal­ist Liz Akhavan, and with emo­tive lyrics and immac­u­late vocal har­monies, the song resem­bles Boys Like Girls’ “Two Is Better Than One”, with­out the super­flu­ous pro­duc­tion. However, the EP’s prized pos­ses­sion is piano bal­lad “The Leaves Will Change”, with exquis­itely lin­ger­ing vocals, and con­fi­dent, per­spec­tive lyrics impressing.

While Waiting In The Moment is essen­tially an acoustic EP with the main goal of hold­ing fans over, it pro­vides an impres­sive insight into Take Cover’s music. They dis­play both poten­tial and ver­sa­til­ity with their acoustic attempts, but their true forte is the fast paced pop rock song. Take Cover are sim­ply wait­ing in the moment to get signed.

Track Listing:
1. Resolution (Acoustic)
2. The Leaves Will Change
3. Star Crossed Lovers (Acoustic)
4. Waiting In The Moment
5. The Last Word (Acoustic)

Similar To: Fall Out Boy, Mayday Parade, Scenes From A Movie, Panic! At The Disco

Review by: Denis S.