(Brantford, Ontario, Canada) - In a interview with Louder Than War, when Bad Reed was asked about who writes the music, the band said that everyone did and that nothing was off the table.

This is right because when you listen to this Bad Reed's self-titled EP, there's the obvious sense that there has to be some method to the madness in creating the varied dynamics in the music, on the first track, just before Sydney Sollazzo starts singing.

According to the interview, it was trial and error where they spent several days out of each week for a year, developing songs for the three track EP.

The first track is titled "Punch It", which they've just released a video for, but it's also a track worth getting out of the way, for a few reasons.

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For one, this 3-track EP has everything a release needs to show the listener what Bad Reed can do. You can seem how they seized their moment to create truly original music.

"Punch It" is not the most hook-friendly track of the three but, it's so very confident in that they show off their musicianship and where they play to their strengths.

It's the technical track for how they write a song, which shows that with some effort, no matter who you are, there is always some way to salvage everyone's skills to construct something durable.

Bad Reed's promotional upholstery — Could you imagine finding this as someone's headboard? [image via Facebook]

It is also possible they could have found their song writing abilities here, from a band made up of percussionist Costa Chatzis, Graham Walker on guitars, Austin Sharpe on Bass and Sydney Sollazzo who fronts with vocals and keyboards.

A review of their EP published by Punkerslut describes them as...

...Canada’s refreshing multiform clusterfuck in the realm of jazz, folk, prog and alt rock. This creature manages to sink its tendrils into pretty much everything, smash it all together, and give you an almost-freeform sounding collage of distinct inspirations and influences.

Wow! A site with a questionable name refers to this band as a multiform 'clusterfuck', would seem like a total bridge burner between the band and the reviewer, as an attempt at a statement that is both unfunny and incendiary!

From my experience, it would also be a complete deal breaker, where the band would generally gang up on the reviewer and call for them to take down the review, and then bitch and harass them later, because it's still pinned to the review site's Facebook page!

Sydney Sollazzo of Bad Reed — Lead Bad Reed singer Sydney Sollazzo pays homage to the stardust and stripes during "Punch It" video shoot. [image via Erin Gerard / Facebook]

But that's not the case here as the band even put the quote on their own site, so I guess it's different strokes for different folks right?

It's a sign that these guys aren't third-rate, low-rent amateurs. In the interview they state that they've been in a few bands before they were Bad Reed. They know the music business and aren't whiny, precious peaches.

And when I say that first track is one to go ahead and get out of the way, I mean that for all the technical reasons I mentioned before, but also to get to the two follow up, more memorable tracks.

For instance, I can't get the song Slackjaw Romance out of my head.
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Sydney has her own vocal style to show, as she does during the first track, which is why they hint at being so confident because she brings that out, with louder signals to a Jeff Buckley influence.

And that's really fucking hard to pull off! A lot harder in fact, than spontaneously jumping into a flowing river.

WHICH WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO, RIGHT SYDNEY!?

Don't do it, because things only get better with Cassava, the last track.

But before I get into that, I'd like to make a ambitiously risky attempt at music reviewing, by traveling back to the first song where she sings:

"...feet to the ground as I face to the sky. Without my shell I think I’d fly. Without my shell.. Without and well..."

All things being linear, those lyrics remind me of how naked this band was when they went through the writing process. Not knowing what they would come up with. And to the song order, there's progression at play from beginning to end. [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2274390513 size=large bgcol=333333 linkcol=e99708 tracklist=false artwork=small track=158414231] Because while the first track was a showcase of their technical aspirations, their second track is a stripped down vocal feat and their third track is a loose, natural transgression against all of those things, without losing focus of what we've already heard.

Now, reviewers and interviews have thrown about inspirational band names about who inspired their sound but, no one has yet attempted to compare them to Tool and Sade.

*drops the mic

*long pause

*picks up mic again.

Maybe the visual would work better if I was using Dragon Speak?

Alright. What do you want me to do!? IT'S THREE TRACKS!

But three great tracks!