EP Review: Fuzzy Sun - Stories Retold

The release of this new EP sees Fuzzy Sun re-imagining several of their previously released tunes - with Stories Retold offering up an intriguing and laconic soundscape. Drawing the listener in with simple yet effective guitar riffs, the seven-track EP acts as a perfect soundtrack to the stripped back way of life we have all been living for the past four months. 

Sticking with their Indie credentials, the band weaves in elements of Americana and lo-fi pop-rock, reflecting the vocal styling of Bon Iver and bringing the instrumental quality of Ray LaMontagne into 2020. Listening to each track in the new acoustic style of each track - you are constantly reminded that less is more, with the band keeping things raw and allowing the listener more of a chance to actually find their own resonance with a tune. 

Beginning with ‘Want Love’ and ending with ‘Come Take a Bite’, each song is one that feels designed for long drives and reflective moments. From the emotional lyrics of ‘Gentleman’s Touch’, to the ethereal nature of ‘Sorry Honey’, this is not an EP that you could listen to just once. Each time you listen, something new jumps out, a true revelation considering the outward structural simplicity of the tracks. However, this simplicity is just a clever facade - especially considering that Fuzzy Sun’s mantra is to 'make music for both brain and booty'.

The only criticism you could level at this project is that you have to wait until the end of the EP to hear the instrumental track, ‘Thalassophobia’. Although the track forgoes the introspective lyrics which give body to the other tunes - in just 48 seconds this track captures the entire mood of the EP, leaving us wishing that the band had peppered a few more of these sonic scribbles throughout the project. But perhaps we’re just being greedy.

Words: Maia Miller-Lewis