††† (Crosses) - EP ††

Crosses released a fantastic EP last year for free. My guess is it was free to get the word out about the band (but does a band fronted by Chino Moreno really need to get the word out?). The debut ep was a fantastic piece of dark electronic music with Chino's smooth vocals over top.

Crosses is back with EP ††. In many regards EP †† is better than the band's debut. The sound is fuller with the addition of real drums on most the songs. It's less cold sounding. The first three songs on the ep (Frontier, Prudent, and Telepathy) are fantastic. Telepathy is a killer dark new wave track. But as that statement makes clear, the last two tracks on the album fall a little flat. They aren't bad songs, but Crosses up their game on the first three songs that the last two just don't hold up.

Regardless of how I feel about the last two songs on the album, EP †† is stellar and anyone who's a fan of the first ep or Chino will want to pick up this ep.