//EP Review\\ Threat Detector dissects Faith through catharsis with latest EP 'Dirty Meat'

In a world where faith and hope can sometimes feel faltering, Threat Detector is bringing the power back with a high velocity musicality and raw embodiment of vulnerability in the form of his latest EP ‘Dirty Meat’, which explores their personal experience and evolution of both Faith and Identity with brilliance and unwavering passion.

Spanning over 5 tracks and released on the 14th of November,’ Dirty Meat’ delves deep from the get go and does not shy away from the shadows nor the light but rather understands them as equals, with the help of some outstanding fellow musicians alongside Threat Dector himself, including Mallory Knell, Alex Gray, Gerrard Bell FIfe and the brilliant production talents of singer songwriter Will Walton.

The EP begins with the piano-led ‘Forty Goes Around The Sun’, which combines hopeful, bright piano lines akin to those of classic church songs like Schubert’s Ave Maria with aching vocals that brilliantly deliver the track's minimal yet passionately personal lyrics to create an intimate experience that feels more like worshipping. Instead of just listening to the sorrow, you can feel it in every cell.

Following this,’ Cast Me Out’ is the opposite, with dark electronic synth lines that embody a similar sentiment of lost faith as the track above, but haunts rather than mystifies in its delivery. From the get-go, this track tells the listener exactly who it is and the message it brings. 'Cast Me Out' is raw, it's painful, and it's a testament to the ache that losing faith can leave when it's been a constant for so long, as the power that can come from its return when we least expect it. It tears you out of peaceful thought and into an all-consuming world of isolation in brilliant parallel.

With first tracks as strong as these, some may wonder where the EP will head next and how it can get even more powerful than this. The Long Walk Home is the perfect answer to that, with its heartwrenching, raw ruminations that describe the disconnect between the heart and the head and the isolation that can come from it, in vibrant, honest detail. All this delivered through a brilliant marrying together of reverby, conscience-like vocals, meloncholic electronic production and poetically painful lyricism to create the sensation of feeling isolated in the mind alongside Threat Detector as they sing,’ I let my heart come at the wheel/I don’t want to force myself to feel anything’./’my body moves without me its so used to it’ A perfect midpoint for the EP with its vulnerable raw nature, embodiment of the crash that can come before the rebuild of the soul.

The first half of the ‘Dirty Meat’ is packed with all-consuming musical power that clutches every part of you from the heart to your soul; it's isolating, it's hypnotic, but most of all consumes you. When it comes to the EP’s final two tracks, there is power, but it's of a much more stripped-back nature.

From the get-go,’ The Wet Grey Slop echoes through the soul with its vulnerably brilliant musical nature, from its meloncholic violin lines and ominous haunting backing harmonies to its yearning for peace vocals and lyricism, the delivery is more subtle compared to previous tracks yet it is still impactful and packs power, with more of a focus on the nature of the pain rather than the pain itself, it begs for forgiveness, it begs for peace and it’ll stick with you beyond its final note. This track is a cavern of emotion and the pinnacle of ache on this EP, and it's truly outstanding.

The EP’s final track, ‘My Body Is Hell,’ continues this aforementioned turmoil with its out-of-body experience style production and lyrics that will bring many of those who listen to tears; its delivery is heartbreaking in its vulnerability, as it asks, ‘how could there be hope for me’ from its focused higher power. This track is incredibly heavy and yet nuanced in its production and focus; it builds layers as it plays out as the metaphorical turmoil reaches its peak at the final bridge, which is occupied by ragey, sorrowful screams of both Threat Detector and the track's cool-toned guitars. This final track provides a powerfully subtle catharsis to all the ache that occupies the EP and makes for a brilliant finale to probably one of the most impactful EPs you will hear this year.

‘Dirty Meat’ is now streaming on all platforms. Click the artwork below to find yours.