Hey Monday’s “Beneath It All” EP Review

Originally scheduled into a 10 song full length album Hey Monday is preparing to release their now EP Beneath It All this coming Tuesday. We caught up with Jersey from Hey Monday on the Vans Warped Tour for an interview, which we will post in the very near future, but while you wait for that we figured it would be a good idea to do a full review of the new EP. You can listen too because the whole thing is now streaming on their myspace and you can get it for yourself on August 17th.

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1. Wish You Were Here-Something that is a bummer about this being an EP is the fact that there are four songs which were originally listed that we as of now won't be able to listen to. The up side of this though is that the songs that DID make it onto the EP are ones that the band spent extra time on making sure they were worth having their fans listening to, and this is what you get with the opening track. It's catchy for sure and sings about something that so many people go through every day when they're missing someone.

2. Wondergirl-Starting off with an acoustic guitar this song turns into something that's very powerful, not only in the music but in the meaning. It really has a kick and it's that kind of song you can listen to on full blast in your room when you're just trying to chill out.

3. I Don't Wanna Dance-IDWD is the single off of this EP that climbed the alternative charts and got some serious support from other bands via Twitter. They weren't promoting something that didn't deliver though. I'll admit to listening to this song on repeat and if you recall I also posted the music video for this track, commenting then on how much I loved it. The irony of this track is that it's fun beat and high energy feel makes you WANT to dance, while the band plays about how much they don't want to.

4. Hangover-You can closely relate this song to Ke$ha's track "Hungover" on her album because it virtually is the same song, having a love hangover…well, maybe Ke$ha has a real one as well. Out of the two tracks this one still keeps the punk pop feel to it that Ke$ha doesn't have. This track would probably go in the same playlist as Wondergirl.

5. Mr. Pushover-Out of all the songs on the EP this track is the most basic, but in a good way. It has a slower pace when compared to the rest of the EP and makes me thing that it's vibe isn't as current, like it's taking it back a few years. If you map out this whole EP as one giant song, Mr. Pushover is the bridge.

6. Where Is My Head-The final song is faster than Mr. Pushover, but doesn't have the full energy that Wish You Were Here and I Don't Wanna Dance have. It's a good closer for the album but when comparing to the other songs it's not my favorite.

Beneath It All releases August 17th and by my standards it's a really solid EP.