BY DANIELLE SIPPLE
Sometimes bands deliver extremely complicated song recordings that are intricately layered with many different sounds that it takes more than one listen to get a complete musical understanding. Honestly this usually infuriates me on a level of calculated confusion but with Forman’s Day of Delta EP, I was shockingly delighted on my multiple listenings. With each new turn of their newest released five track album, the fine tunings of their song structures emerge in a wonderful selection of genre-bending fusions. I am glad that I gave this four piece band from Nyack, NY a second chance.
Granted some of the genres that Forman dabble in are not of my most favorites sounds. The laid back reggae-inspired vocals of their first track ‘Fat Seeds’ dissonantly clash with the dark melodic opening of the song still they bring it back around with breakdowns that include voice manipulation and instrumental sound distortion. On ‘Delta Dirge’, which is the shortest song on the album, the sound filters create a grainy apparation of audio that carries directly into the next song ‘Sour Song’. This transition is next to perfect and creates an off-beat dance track that driven by heavy drums and muted emotional lyrics.
Day of Delta is a perfect combination of the just weird enough mixed with the not quite perfectly crafted classical understanding of rock and roll. With multiple listens its eclectic audio stylings grow on you with the nagging notion that Forman will kill it with a live presentation of this EP. Get on that Forman.
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