{"id":12877,"date":"2025-04-08T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12877"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:06:29","slug":"album-review-attica-riots-lifes-a-sugar-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2025\/04\/08\/album-review-attica-riots-lifes-a-sugar-pill\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review:: Attica Riots:: Life\u2019s a Sugar Pill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Album cover a ceral bowl full of pills\" class=\"wp-image-12878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AtticaRiotsSugarPill.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by Jamie Glenwright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After six years of radio silence (aside from live performances), Attica Riots finally released their second EP. <em>&nbsp;Life\u2019s a Sugar Pill<\/em> dropped on December 9th of last year,&nbsp; and it doesn\u2019t disappoint at all.&nbsp; It has the same upbeat, melancholy-ish vibe they are known for. Their new EP has five songs that are all lovely in their own ways, and I&#8217;m thrilled to have the pleasure of reviewing them all as my first article for <em>Stylus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMile Away,\u201d the fifth and last song on the EP, is hands down the best song on the album. It talks about a missing girl in a small town, with lyrics repeating \u201cshe\u2019s just a mile away,\u201d with a chilling guitar and bass track that really adds to the whole atmosphere of the song. Hearing this song live in concert feels like you\u2019re actually in this scenario and helping a search crew look for the girl. Absolutely chilling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I do not want to overlook the quality of the other songs on the album. \u201cBaptism,\u201d the first tune, is amazing because it has a slow, easy-going tone with an amazing guitar track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second track on the album, \u201cForgiven,\u201d has a more upbeat party spirit to it, with darker lyrics. You can definitely dance to this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMountain,\u201d the third song, has a bittersweet energy with a slow and calm piano track throughout. The fourth track, \u201cWho\u2019s That?\u201d is a slower and more chilled-out tune, with a mellow drum and guitar track. This song also has a darker mood by evoking a sense of paranoia by repeating the lyrics \u201cwho\u2019s that?\u201d Chilling, disturbing, but punchy.From the slow and reassuring vibe of \u201cBaptism\u201d<em> <\/em>to the mysterious and darker sound of the final track, \u201cMile Away,\u201d this album is nothing short of beautiful. I highly recommend that you check out the EP, especially if you are interested in listening to more local bands.<\/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=\"Attica Riots - Baptism (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V-O37FDDTo0?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jamie Glenwright After six years of radio silence (aside from live performances), Attica Riots finally released their second EP. &nbsp;Life\u2019s a Sugar Pill dropped on December 9th of last year,&nbsp; and it doesn\u2019t disappoint at all.&nbsp; It has the same upbeat, melancholy-ish vibe they are known for. Their new EP has five songs that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1420,1725,1726,1104],"class_list":["post-12877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-attica-riots","tag-sugar-pill","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12877","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=12877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12879,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12877\/revisions\/12879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}