{"id":12756,"date":"2024-09-24T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12756"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:29:42","slug":"ep-review-long-fall-self-titled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2024\/09\/24\/ep-review-long-fall-self-titled\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Review :: Long Fall :: Self-Titled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Mykhailo Vil\u2019yamson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not unprecedented for an artist to put out material that moves from heavy to significantly more sedated \u2013 take, for instance, Dallas Green\u2019s mid-to-post-Alexisonfire solo project City and Colour (or alternatively, the conventional yet banal trend of most musicians to progressively mellow over the years). However, it\u2019s refreshing to hear a move in the entirely opposite direction in what is the debut EP by Long Fall, which is the brand-new punk outfit that\u2019s fronted by none other than Nic Dyson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Released on August 2nd, the three-song collection \u2013 each two minutes or less \u2013 captures another side of Dyson that he\u2019s been intending to explore more fully and completely for some time. The pensive soul that inhabits these newborn tracks is familiar (e.g. \u201cThat Song\u201d from his 2014 album This One\u2019s for You<\/em>), but finds itself much more in the form of \u201cA Song for Insomnia\u201d or \u201cIt\u2019s Not 2012 Anymore\u201d (i.e. the stand-alone full-band inclusions on 2017\u2019s Where We\u2019re From<\/em>). While lyrically introspective and modest like the rest of Dyson\u2019s catalogue, the first single \u201cBored\u201d has a spirited pop-punk bent to it (that acts as a good segue from old to new). Honestly expressing deep-seated, relatable sentiments of unease and uncertainty, it\u2019s also lively and sing-along-able. And there\u2019s \u201cLife of the Party,\u201d which is an upbeat, candid and sarcastic anthem of introversion. It\u2019s got a little more edge and energy than \u201cBored,\u201d and works well as the closer. My favourite of the triad though has to be \u201cInside Out,\u201d as it really showcases the band\u2019s dynamism. It has a markedly more alternative\/grunge feel \u2013 which I love \u2013 and the interplay of each instrument and voice in this song is heart-resonant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Fall is Nic Dyson (guitars & vocals), Monty Melynchuk (bass), Thomas Stevenson (additional vocals), and Jordan Voth (drums, recording, production & mastering); though when they play their first show in Fall 2024, rumor has it that one might see Parkview\u2019s Brendan Kupiak in the drummer\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Mykhailo Vil\u2019yamson It\u2019s not unprecedented for an artist to put out material that moves from heavy to significantly more sedated \u2013 take, for instance, Dallas Green\u2019s mid-to-post-Alexisonfire solo project City and Colour (or alternatively, the conventional yet banal trend of most musicians to progressively mellow over the years). However, it\u2019s refreshing to hear a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1420,1484,1669,766,1555],"class_list":["post-12756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-ep-review","tag-long-fall","tag-punk","tag-self-titled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12756","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=12756"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12799,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12756\/revisions\/12799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}