An Hauntingly Addictive EP from Uglyhead

An absolutely sonically driving Opus of an EP from Uglyhead has finally arrived after years in the wait, and this record was well worth that wait, if you ask me.

This is an album that is drenched in thick layers of textures that come together and create an edgy and rambunctious atmosphere and energy that you end up getting sucked right into from the very first track

The EP is called Disembodied, and this thing manages to blend together elements of everything from industrial, metal, post-punk, and massively experimental approaches, to cold and dark wave, along with plenty more, and it's all wrapped up in this one massive record that doesn't really let up for one second.

Let's just go through the track so I can shed some light.

The first track is called 'Here But Not Here", and this starts off giving you some idea of the world you're about to step into with this record. It's got some classic cold wave style synthesizers and a driving beat along with an explosive soundscape and drive that has a cutting, fiery edginess to it, but also oozes personality and honesty.

These are some of the attributes that become staples throughout the record.

I do indeed love that a lot of this release encompasses such thick character and personality, and attaches it a little bit differently with each track.

You can tell there was a lot of attention to detail put into the creation of this record, but it also has messages to send and never loses sight of that character from beginning to end.

"There But Not There" is the track that follows and this provides a more upbeat and almost thrashier feel with all kinds of gritty, dirty, and sonically invasive effects that lend a hand to metal but also still feel mostly Industrial while keeping in mind the fact that the drumming and percussion will be a driving force behind the song's push.

This song does indeed have quite a heavy-handed push and completely thrives in terms of its energy all the way through.

This is really important simply because this record delivers a completely infectious energy, and that is something you don't always get when hearing new music.

You start to feel it in your blood and your bones, and it's very excitable along with that dark edginess.

As I said before, it's a bit rambunctious and wild, but that's part of its sentiment and premise.

Perhaps one of the most enticing, alluring, and experimental tracks on this record is the title track, "Disembodied".

This one is more of a slow and cinematic burn focused on keys that are performed a little differently than on the rest of the record, and it unfolds and lets you get engulfed in the soundscape of everything over the course of the song.

You do get a vicious kind of haunt with this one, and it comes through a little eerie, but again, that's half the point.

This also comes with a music video that is just as creepy as the song is, and pushes that sentiment through.

The visuals on this video are very unique and give you kind of old school '80s VHS undertones, which I absolutely loved.

Completely outside the box and almost like watching a scene from a horror flick, watching this video will leave its mark on you.

I love the change in approach with this song in particular, and I feel like it's an amazing track to get wrapped up in.

Then we have a song called 'Too Real for Love", which is kind of a heavy hitter and utilizes experimental and unique synthesizers to go outside the box but still hits this great crossover between heavy rock and that experimental industrial tonality.

This record is full of surprises, and a lot of them have to do with the sound creation. The whole thing is done with the idea of sculpting sounds and creating music with them. Plenty of them being percussive, but plenty being a lot of and digital as well.

It's all such a cool mix of textures to me, and I came out of this feeling a little different.

This is an EP that you listen to from start to finish. There's no other way to do it.

As I said before, listening to that first track or any one track from the record may give you a few ideas about how the EP might unfold, but it does not give you anywhere near the full spectrum of what the release has to offer as a whole.

This is an escape and an experience that you need to have, and I also suggest you do it by wearing headphones because it's one of the best ways to take it all in.

The album closes with a track that is vast in its undertone, cinematic, keeps to that haunting but also has that drive too once the beat comes in. I think that final song is one of the easiest, if you ask me.

I'm not giving everything away, or at least I'm trying not to.

I think you're going to just go ahead and have to listen to this record for yourself so you can get a grasp on everything I'm trying to say.

Dive into this one because it's super worth it, and remember where you heard it first.

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