I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism - 8 Song Demo
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I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism are a bit of an enigma. Little is known about them, except that they hail from Antioch, California, and they are a four-piece. Their only known recordings are collected on the unofficially-titled 8 Song Demo, a simply stunning collection of screamo mini-masterpieces taken from their myspace page. Now, this is not your typical Hot Topic-core band; this is not My Chemical Romance; this is legitimate emo music. However, Haikus stray away from the formulaic, vapid garbage that makes up the majority of their genre. They take screamo songs, and sort of tint them through a jazz-and-ambient filter. Instead of simple power chords or double-bass drum blasts, I Wrote Haikus About Cannibalism opt to use unusual jazz chords and short ambient segues. This is especially apparent in Untitled 4; beginning with what may be the greatest ten seconds of music ever, three simply stunning chords, and followed by a wall of hardcore for perhaps twenty seconds. Then enters a sparse, perhaps minimalist section using those beautiful chords, which in turn transitions into a sort of bridge section. All this happens in two minutes exactly, and they are two incredible minutes indeed. These are not long songs by any means; the longest, Untitled 8, is a mere 2:54, the shortest (Untitled 2) is 1:09. The entire demo/EP is probably under 20 minutes. Overall, this is a unique and wonderful piece of screamo-jazz goodness. 8.5/10
Review by Jake
Track List:
1. Untitled 1 (2:53)
2. Untitled 2 (1:09)
3. Untitled 3 (1:45)
4. Untitled 4 (2:00)
5. Untitled 5 (1:57)
6. Untitled 6 (2:40)
7. Untitled 7 (2:05)
8. Untitled 8 (2:54)
