It sounds radical to say something like that out loud without hesitating and then to sing it over and over again as loudly as you can. I had to double check and make sure I understood that Savoie was actually yelling “Mistakes! I make mistakes!,” into the void as confidently as you’d tell someone your first name at a party. ![]() Lyrically, Mistakes is my favorite song on this EP, despite the fact that the parts that hit me the hardest are actually quite simple. The guy’s voice can convey everything from absolute terror to gratitude to regret, sometimes all within the same song. I’ll take that a step further and say that he’s one of the best vocalists in the city as well. The lyrics repeat with such rawness and honesty that it’s as if the band is trying to tell us it really is OK to have mental struggles and it’s OK to talk about it.The main thing I’ve heard about Savoie is that he’s one of the best writers in Saint John. With vocalist Cole Savoie completely in his element singing, “I don’t feel like fucking trying, I just feel like fucking dying”, you can almost start to understand how someone could feel that depressed. If this song doesn’t start even a tiny mosh pit at the next show they play, I’m pretty sure the crowd isn’t listening properly or trying hard enough. ![]() The first song, Surf Or Die is one I can see a crowd immediately moving to. When I sat down to give Butcher’s new EP CUTS a proper listen, I couldn’t help from getting up and dancing. If I’m measuring how excited I am about an EP based on how much I feel like jumping up and down to the first single, Deus Ex Taxin Ya had me feeling really good from the very beginning. ![]() Julia Walker reviews the new EP from Saint John grunge punks Butcher.
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