Blog: Song, by Toad

It's not many 73 records which give you six songs of listening enjoyment, but this is what Hot Lava and the Sad Cobras have achieved on this split EP. Both have one epic song which just exceeds a Tolstoyian two-and-a-half minutes, but everything else is well under the two minute barrier - not a second wasted. In all honesty, I am not that taken with the Sad Cobras songs, so I will instead focus on Hot Lava, whose debut album Lavaology I really enjoyed. Basically, this has the same, slightly frantic charm as the album. Taskmaster [...]

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