Slightly affected, twangy voice that breaks into falsetto when required: check. Painstakingly arranged beats and acoustic-effects to give an organic impression, despite proudly wearing a synthetic aesthetic: check. Every song dedicated to that one true love from back when life was simple: check. Congratulations Mt Warning – AKA Mikey Bee – you have successfully graduated from the Gotye school of song construction.
Listening to Petrified Heart (or Ptrfdhrt)is like snoozing for an extra ten minutes on a cold morning. It feels fucking incredible, but you know it won’t last, and you’ll soon have get on with your life.
I Want You To Be My Girl This Century is an aching five minute paean to unrequited love. It’s like a long walk home after a party where the apple of your eye didn’t even acknowledge you. Collapsed Collage, on the other hand, feels like the warm embrace of an old friend. Though, you quickly realise that old friend is just Justin Vernon AKA Bon Iver/Volcano Choir. I don’t mean to get all Marvin Gaye’s estate on Mt Warning, but compare this track to Acetate from Volcano Choir’s 2013 album Repave and let your ears explain the similarities.
Look, I don’t dislikeMt Warning’s Petrified Heart EP. But due to the undeniable similarities to the aforementioned heavyweights of the scene, it lacks the impact you might’ve expected from this much-hyped local lad.
BY DENVER MAXX
