{"id":13030,"date":"2014-05-12T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13030"},"modified":"2022-01-06T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T00:51:51","slug":"album-review-crobot-crobot-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=13030","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Crobot &#8211; Crobot [EP]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CrobotST_EPFin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13036 \" src=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CrobotST_EPFin-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"CrobotST_EPFin\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>Crobot &#8211; Crobot [EP]<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Release Date: May 13, 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Wind-Up Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania\u2019s very own Crobot is finally getting their due and getting the chance to let the world know that they have arrived. When I first heard their 2012 debut \u201cThe Legend of the Spaceborn Killer\u201d I remember thinking to myself that I was hearing one of the greatest new, up and coming bands today. All I could do was wish and hope that someday these young fellas would get the opportunity to show the world just what it was I was hearing myself. My hopes and wishes came true in 2014 when Crobot announced the release of their Wind-Up Records debut in the form of a self-titled EP.<\/p>\n<p>Crobot made some significant changes since the last time I had laid ears on them. The band swapped out their rhythm section for the brother team of Jake (bass guitar) and Paul (drums} Figueroa and after listening to this EP (and seeing them live twice) I can tell you that this change is exactly what Crobot needed to carry them to the next level. For this EP the band opted to re-record the song \u201cLegend of the Spaceborn Killer.\u201d I have to be honest, I\u2019m usually not a fan of bands doing this but in Crobot\u2019s case it was absolutely necessary because this version is so much more cosmic, stratospheric, and off the charts than the original version ever was. Leading right into \u201cNowhere to Hide\u201d finds the brothers Figueroa laying such a heavy solid foundation allowing guitarist Chris Bishop to unload his soulful, groovy, stanktastic riffage without any reservations.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_YJ41TS-iOo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa Mano de Lucifer\u201d is without a doubt the highlight of this offering. This song really showcases the versatility, depth, and power of Brandon Yeagley\u2019s vocals. This song is so full of depth and dynamics and it reminds me of a lost Mother Love Bone song. If I ever had to guess what Mother Love Bone would\u2019ve sounded like if they listened to more Black Sabbath and did more pot than heroin this song would be it to a \u201ct.\u201d Closing the EP with the skull crushing \u201cSkull of Geronimo\u201d was such a great way to go out. That monstrous riff. Those harmony vocals. That hook that just grabs you by the balls so hard you turn your head and cough. When that song ended I was elated yet it totally pissed me off. FOUR SONGS? Are you fucking kidding me? Give me more Crobot damnit!<\/p>\n<p>If Crobot\u2019s intention was to give you an introduction to the band and to leave you wanting more, then they succeeded. Crobot did more in a 4 song EP that most bands can barely do in 3 times the number of songs. In a time when bands are putting out albums full of fluff and filler, Crobot cuts the fat and gives you four solid songs free of filler and fluff for you to take straight to your face. If this EP is any indication of what Crobot will have to offer us when their full length comes out I can rest assured that we will be seeing album of the year material without a doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crobot &#8211; Crobot [EP] Release Date: May 13, 2014 Wind-Up Records Pennsylvania\u2019s very own Crobot is finally getting their due and getting the chance to let the world know that they have arrived. When I first heard their 2012 debut \u201cThe Legend of the Spaceborn Killer\u201d I remember thinking to myself that I was hearing one of the greatest new, up and coming bands today. All I could do was wish and hope that someday these young fellas would get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,277],"tags":[861],"class_list":["post-13030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-music-news","tag-crobot"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19768,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13030\/revisions\/19768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}