EP Review: Starting Fires In My Parents House by Blis

Guest Reviewer: Matt Dickinson

When I first hit play on Starting Fires In My Parents House by Blis. I thought maybe I’d stumbled onto a new Beach Slang record. But then it kicked in. The melody and sound is there, but this a far more aggressive angry and emo vibe. Yet there are still great melodies in here.

For a band that cites Weatherbox and American Football as their influences you can see where they’re coming from, but they way that they’re headed is a whole different direction, mainly the way they feel when they put pen to paper for the songs they write. If this EP is anything to go by, then there’s a lot of potential here, I’ve had it on repeat all morning, my only issue is that other than the standout track for me (opener “Floating Somewhere High and Above” ) then the rest of it seems to blend into one. This is a solid EP, no doubt about it but it hasn’t got something to really make me want to tell all my friends about it!