It is always nice to hear one more band from your home country scene that you didn’t listen to before. Ochi are from Rijeka, Croatia and this is their new EP. This EP contains kind of cheerful intro turning into ominous and eerie melody with children playing and screaming and car door opening, reminding me of something sinister. Then, four songs connect into childhood stories like the title of the record says. Besides already published single ‘Dječak od vatre’ which is a mixture of post hardcore and post punk, heavy in some parts, melodic in others, three more songs deliver punch to your gut with their heaviness, darkness, but also melancholy in a way. One of my personal favorites is the title song, with that harshness mixed with atmospheric post punk parts and vocals which transform from melodic clean singing to more screamed parts and also whispering and spoken world. Guitar parts sound a bit otherworldly, taking you into some other soundscape. ‘Apnea’ is a bit grungy influenced song, at least I hear it like that in chorus which is melodic with pop sensitivity behind the heaviness. I think, this one is besides the aforementioned single the darkest song on the record. Lyrics are in Croatian, but deal with themes that are a bit darker and introspective and less happy and full of hope, quite the contrary, the whole vibe of this EP is pretty darkened and I love it for that. Have a listen and check it out! Support your scene!

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