{"id":12324,"date":"2023-02-02T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12324"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:45:48","slug":"ep-review-middletimes-middletimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2023\/02\/02\/ep-review-middletimes-middletimes\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Review :: middleTimes :: middleTimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a2051949586_16.jpg\" alt=\"middleTimes EP cover man in sandals shorts and t-shirt sit-in on a rock underneath trees and sun flare in upper right corner.\" class=\"wp-image-12325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a2051949586_16.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a2051949586_16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a2051949586_16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/a2051949586_16-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Gabriel Fars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that this is the type of EP you would dismiss at first. The type that you need to learn how to love. Like those tracks that you always initally skip but then when you actually give it a listen you discover it\u2019s the best song you\u2019ve ever heard in your entire fucking life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The nasally vocals will probably either throw you off or add a little bit of that extra grunge for you. With a sound similar to The Mountain Goats, or Weezer, they definitely have a very alternative punk sound about them. I think the vocals give the EP a more youthful sound, reminding me of those bygone highschool days, of walking through the hallways, running your hand up against the lockers, and thinking about both the good times and the bad ones that were had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guitar riffs are probably one of the best parts of the album. You can have a good rock riff without having to turn up the distortion and effects so much you can\u2019t hear the guitar clearly. middleTimes gets that. They understand how to use their musical abilities to elevate the song, and let the meaning of the lyrics ring out more through the instrumental parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think this is done really well on the track \u201cSustenance,\u201d a song that\u2019s a lot about feeling as though you\u2019re cruising through life without really doing anything or without truly being happy with where you\u2019re at. Are you really happy with where you are in life? With the person you are? Are those small moments really enough to sustain you to keep going? Are you going through your third midlife crisis? Do you have enough sustenance in your life? I think the melodic guitar part, in contrast with the passionate vocals really add to the meaning of the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"middleTimes\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5IWPxcP10w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gabriel Fars I think that this is the type of EP you would dismiss at first. The type that you need to learn how to love. Like those tracks that you always initally skip but then when you actually give it a listen you discover it\u2019s the best song you\u2019ve ever heard in your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1484,1486,1487],"class_list":["post-12324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-ep-review","tag-middletimes","tag-middletimes-ep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324","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=12324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12326,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324\/revisions\/12326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}