The beauty of the under-celebrated EP format is that when done right, you’re sparred any exhausting filler and your attention is kept from the opening to the closing song, usually with a finger poised to repeat the whole affair. Just Thoughts EP by Prints started as developing b-sides to accompany the single “Too Much Water” (included here as a music video), but luckily they’ve allowed to these tracks to shine in their own light. Crafted at home by multi-instrumentalist Zac Nelson and Kenseth Thibideau, the four tracks here bubble with laptop pop, suggesting a middle point between the emotional heft of the Postal Service and playfulness of Hot Chip. “Me and Mrs. Archer” bounces to synthesized beat and frolicsome flute, as “Fire” is pulled along gently with a slow stepping computerized snare, moody keyboard and serene lyrics that suggests early morning coddling with windows dappled with morning drizzle. The album ends with an electro-disco remix by Hercules and the Love Affair producer Tim Goldsworthy; a strong punctuation on this perfect constructed statement.
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