Genres: Alternative Rock, Post-Punk Revival
The Musiquarium’s Easter Lily EP Score: 6.5 out of 10
Following February’s Days of Ash EP, U2 is back again with an improved collection of songs and their best work in a long time, recalling the post-punk sound of their first few records.
Tracks like, Song for Hal, In a Life and Scars have that almost classic post-punk guitar tone from The Edge, which made their eighties work so seminal. Resurrection Song and Easter Parade give the album’s title (and release date) some credence and comes as no surprise, as U2 has always been a Christian rock band after all. The only skip on the EP is COEXIST (I Will Bless the Lord at All Times?), which drones on far too long and is a bit dull compared to the previous tracks, though the experimentation is commendable.
While it won’t rival anything from Boy, War or even the fairly underrated October, this return to their post-punk roots makes for one of the more enjoyable U2 projects that they’ve released in a long time, despite how regressive that may sound. The cover artwork is also an improvement over the one from the Days of Ash.
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Written by Brett Nippard
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