Brooklyn trio, The Graveyard Kids, offer their most polished sound to date, after releasing a three-song self-titled EP for free last week. The group finds itself condensing into a three-piece - guitarist Jeremy Kolker put down the axe and picked up his native sticks for this one - and the band has found themselves more breathing room. Lead singer/guitarist, Chadbourne Oliver, lets his intricate chord progressions shimmer, while bassist Jordan Smith flies funky underneath it all. Kolker's harmonies give a weirdness to the classic rock poppiness that lurks underneath Oliver's songwriting, giving these songs a flare of strange familiarity. All three songs are perfectly concocted, and the formation of the three-piece allows each musician to highlight different parts of the song. The EP's standout track, "Stay Young", boasts a mantra for a chorus (credited to GYK friend and supporter, Howard Reyes), as Oliver sings, "Stay, stay young until your whole song is sung." Lucky for fans of the GYK, it doesn't seem as if their whole song is sung, and based off the tightness and quality of the EP, we're glad there's more to come (rhyme!)
