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by Chris Bryson<\/b><\/p>\n
The second EP from the Heather Thomas led project finds ATLAAS\u2019 dreamy R&B and soul-infused electro-pop with sharpened songwriting, bigger hooks and broader dynamics.<\/span><\/p>\n Pattering drums amid sonar pulses accompany Thomas\u2019 soulful soprano on the slow celestial waltz of \u201cMoon Tan.\u201d Thomas sings of the relinquishing disarmament of love\u2019s expansive thrust. Her high notes throughout the album ring like sharp beats of the heart.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The murky synth bass and pitapat percussion of \u201cSleep\u201d expands with a twinkling aura and Thomas moving through weaves of elegant vocal turns.\u00a0The slow intro of EP centerpiece \u201cStop Leaving Me Alone\u201d takes glistening guitar and a percussive loop and opens them up to subterranean bass, spacey synths and rampant drums.\u00a0Thomas\u2019 expansive range singing of her desire for a lover to stay with her, the song\u2019s peak swirling out with a frantic and stellar synth.<\/span><\/p>\n Thomas\u2019 cadence intricacies flutter and flow through the R&B bounce of \u201cThe One Who Looks Down.\u201d The song builds into jubilant electro soul that\u2019s filled out with Eric Roberts\u2019 sax whirling atop the mix. \u201cBreaking My Own Heart\u201d finds Thomas asking the question of why she does just so, with the song trailing out on a guitar solo that itself feels like it\u2019s trying to bear its own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>ATLAAS\u2019 self-titled EP is a star-born collection of heartfelt tunes that\u2019s more diverse than its predecessor, and shows the band refining its strengths while bringing new elements into the fold.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Chris Bryson The second EP from the Heather Thomas led project finds ATLAAS\u2019 dreamy R&B and soul-infused electro-pop with sharpened songwriting, bigger hooks and broader dynamics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1319,160,229,306,320,1320,453,747,1288,796,806,896,1104],"class_list":["post-11188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-atlaas","tag-canada","tag-dance","tag-electro-pop","tag-ep","tag-funk","tag-indie","tag-pop","tag-r-and-b","tag-review","tag-rock","tag-soul","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11190,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11188\/revisions\/11190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}