By: Lidia Vila

You’d never know the The Eatons are from Scarborough, their light sound reflects the nicer parts of town; like watching a Gap ad. The EP’s title track, “Firestarter”, is a well-crafted commercially ready pop song; reminds me of The Framework, minus the swagger. I could almost see kids at the Dance Cave jumping up and down during the “da, da da’s” and making the floor feel like it’s going to collapse. Strong build up and nice clean satisfying finish.

Just as the first track ends, the Killers sound a like track “Give me something to go on” starts. There’s a pinch of Toronto’s The Coast in here as well, with the falsetto chorus and jangly guitar. Again, nicely done track, clean vocals and well done harmonies.

The final track, Holiday, starts on an upbeat and here lead vocalist Boris Chan’s voice displays a nasal quality that teeters on annoying, yet manages to stay on the safe side of entertaining. The song is definitely a head bopper and worth a second listen.

Firestarter is a great EP for The Eatons, they certainly have a clear idea of who they are with their own style, which is rare to find these days with so many bands just being great imitations of others. The three song EP feels like a tease, hopefully The Eatons will make an LP soon enough.

The Eatons - “Firestarter”
The Eatons - “Firestarter”

This entry was posted on Monday, September 1st, 2008 at 11:32 am.