| Huak's second release, the EP Secret Trees. brings forth a heavy hit of melodic
punk mixed well with mathy, toe-tapping grooves. Each one of the five songs on
the record offers different musical sections and styles that bend your attention
with intelligent and artful tastes. The four members of the band play well with
each other as they switch tempos, building up to powerful and ear-catching
transitions and exploring different time signatures and deep rhythms.
Huak's use of lead and supporting vocals play off each other and include
borderline manic blares of emotional expression and subtle lyrical cleverness.
As the locomotive drums pound away with sporadic force, the bass plucks
feverishly and skillfully grips everything else happening. Most of the tracks
have two guitar lines that sync and compliment each other as in a game of
musical cat-and-mouse.
The track "Sleep Dept" pulls you in when you first hear it. It starts with a
powerful guitar twanging in 7/4 and adds an energetic drum line and full-force
bass groove. Back-and-forth frantic shouts come in as the song starts to build,
thoughtfully entering a slow-rising section of embracing, hypnotic rock. Huak
adds a raw tone to proggy punk style, a sound they have endeared to make their
own. The energy and overall feel to this splendid EP will captivate anyone who
has a fondness of proficient rock well-thought-out rhythms. (Peapod Records)
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