‘Fear Everyone’ EP: Raw Emotion, Noise, and Relatable Chaos

The ‘Fear Everyone’ EP by [SAMPLE_TEXT] is an emotionally unfiltered and ultra-experimental body of work that triggers feelings of madness within the listener. While drawing mostly from the influence of multiple bands, including Sonic Youth, Slint, and Nirvana, this band records in Alaska and blends punk, grunge, and chaos into one unique and scary creation. So now let’s take each of the songs in turn and try to understand them better. “Eat”, begins the EP rather intensely with a very savage phrase that embraces the beast within us. The lyrics are heavily influenced by Blood Meridian, which narrates the extremes of ego to survive at the gross level. Here as well, the rhythms of heavy and distorted guitars begin to set the context and immerse people into the band’s ideas.

The titular song of the album, “Fear Everyone” – acknowledges the existence of collective paranoia in all of us but does this rather artily. The main point of the lyrics about the sense of anxiety is palpable in the music with the excessive presence of drums and difficult chord changes. In a sense the song is disturbed and disturbing at the same time, leaving the listener hanging. In a stronger sense, “Trapped, a Pained Animal” maps the journey and the power transition one undergoes when one becomes the assailant from being the target of the wrath. From a slow start, this song reaches a loud end, which is consistent with the theme of pain conveyed through the lyrics. There is something special in it that keeps the attention of the audience intact through all the dynamic changes which is why it is always the top song among the audience.

“Self Driving Car” is a crazy, off-the-leash tirade that, at the same time, feels close and familiar to the listener. Rawness is guaranteed thanks to lo-fi production and erratic structure and this is the way the EP had to close. Composed of experimental noise, fear, and all elements of anti-structuralism; ‘Fear Everyone’ hits chaotic notes yet serves a dose of sanity. Chipping away at conventions is not the end goal of the EP; it relishes in its regulations and provides an unrelenting portrayal of fear, anger, and self-disgust.

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