Another review written for Cool Try.

For the past few days I’ve been trying to work out where the rest of this review went as it doesn’t feel like it should be as short as it is.

I’m coming to the conclusion that maybe I didn’t write as much as I thought I did.

I think my major issue with this piece is that it reads more like a puff piece than a review.
I don’t think that is a good thing.

That said, I stand behind what I wrote. It was an enjoyable listen.

This is as it was when it went up on Cool Try.

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Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

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BEHOLD! It’s an e.p. from RACKETT!

There’s a nice simplicity to Ready or Not.
All the instrumentation avoids complexity and the vocals aren’t doing any form of gymnastics. Using rock and pop as templates, this leads to the songs being brief and fairly direct.

There’s usually a bit of breathing space within each song as well as a bit of energy and fuzziness in the sound, balancing the sound somewhere between sparse and full, making it easy to discern who brings what to a song.

The vocals are quite strong, focused and well-developed, singing lyrics that are usually revolving around relationship subject matter in some form. Whilst the lyrics themselves feel underdeveloped in parts, the vocals make good work of them by adding a sense of passion and catchiness that would have been sorely lacking had the delivery lacked in effort.

Ready or Not is a fairly decent release. It is fun, with a good energy found within the songs.
It’s brief enough to not drag but also long enough to offer some well-developed songs.

Ready or Not is worth a listen.