Today’s Random Album of the Day is Spring St EP from City Center. I misread Rate Your Music and thought they classified one of the genres for City Center as “Indie Stuff”. That would be some vague bullshit right there. But I made that up.

Like many weird indie experimental stuff, this EP gets a few genre tags such as Hypnagogic Pop, Ambient Pop, Sound Collage, Slacker Rock, Noise, and Field Recording. I mean I can’t really argue with any of that except maybe pop. But it also sort of works as pop I guess in its own weird way.

Whatever this EP is, I like it. It’s got an eclectic indie melody going with intermittent samples and noise. At the same time, do I need more of their music? That is hard to say. I think I’d have to listen to see how their sound evolves. I do like this, but also am not sure how much more of this exact sound that I need. Jen also didn’t find it very exciting so there is that as well. It is absolutely an acquired taste. gotta like some weirdness to your music.

Rating: 8.8

Favorite Track(s): “Sky Flowers” is so ethereal and lovely while being slightly abrasive in a good way. Perhaps a bit long and repetitive. I like the haunting tilt to “How We Live”.

Keep or Trash: Keep. This won’t get a lot of listens but it does fit a certain mood.