I Don't Hear A Single Top 20 EPs Of 2023

 


2023 is brought to a close with The Top 20 EPs Of The Year. There may be more 2023 releases covered in the early part of 2024, but as for the ramped up Social Media and Countdowns, they all end here. For each EP a song is embedded from the release and a link is provided to the IDHAS Review where you can find further details and how to listen or buy the EP.

1 Svenssen - Falling Out Of Fashion     IDHAS REVIEW

2 Half Catholic - Art In Heaven     IDHAS REVIEW

3 The Chase - Bonzo Bonanza     IDHAS REVIEW

4 Pretty - Citrus Magic    IDHAS REVIEW

5 Jonesy - Doppelgangbangers    IDHAS REVIEW

6 Leon In The Wild - Leon In The Wild     IDHAS REVIEW

7 Movie Jail - Movie Jail   IDHAS REVIEW

8 Råttanson - Trebled Region     IDHAS REVIEW

9 The Popguns - Popism     IDHAS REVIEW

10 Bitter Defeat - Terrific Effort    IDHAS REVIEW

11 Fuzziliers - Would You Believe     IDHAS REVIEW

12 Mansfield - Come Rain Or Shine     IDHAS REVIEW

13 The Vapour Trails - On A Beautiful Day     IDHAS REVIEW

14 Gizmo - Buddy System    IDHAS REVIEW

15 Finn's Motel - Last Year's Leaves      IDHAS REVIEW

16 Rick Kingo - The Truths, The Lies, The Lot    IDHAS REVIEW

17 Dennis Davison - Creaturefeature       IDHAS REVIEW

18 Carl Green In Particular - Off Balance       IDHAS REVIEW

19 Shangri-Lass - Over & Over      IDHAS REVIEW

20 Modern Rituals - Razed      IDHAS REVIEW

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Gizmo - Buddy System EP

 

The last of the three EPs that I wanted to tell you about is this corker of an EP from Gizmo. The quartet from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island underline how great the Cannucks are at offering up this type of stuff.

Four songs in 8 minutes is very say what you wanna say and get off, but the quality of the songs is right up our street. Generally, there is a real 90s feel of Slacker College Rock, but in such a short period of time, you realise how much potential is in the band.

Prisoner Functionary is great Power Pop, yet Producer And Virtual is very Fountains Of Wayne and a little Weezer. Luanne is great Slacker Guitar Pop with some affecting harmonies and a killer riff. yet Deepest Skin crosses Jangle Pop with something that would have easily fitted on the Not Lame label.

There is loads to like here, great Guitar Pop in fact. I wish that the songs were a little longer and there were more of them. Hopefully, that will come in the future and I will certainly be keeping my eyes peeled intently. Back to albums for IDHAS for the rest of the week.

You can listen to and buy the EP here.

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