Article by: Jessica Gorrell
Photo credit: Brandon Humphry Scott
The chilling harmonies and incredible chemistry felt on The Migrant Kids Primordial Soup makes the entirety of the EP feel more like a musical conversation amongst brothers and friends. Cousins Miguel Ojeda and John Zakoor, and good friend Brayn O’Flynn combine their experiences not only with their music but with one another to create the wonderful familial closeness that gives each of their tracks an unmatched sense of accord.
Primordial Soup, with its lilting harmonies, rhythmic beats, and yet contradictingly melancholic vibes, harks back to it’s predecessor pop and psych-rock influences like Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd.
The four-track EP kicks off with “Beaten,” a super funky, upbeat pop tune with smooth and soothing vocals which croon the melancholic message the song gives. “Thread” keeps up with the same vibe of “Beaten,” giving life to the long lost teenage angst we all felt at some point, and seems to draw some inspiration from a circa 2007 Metro Station, show some resemblance to the style of the mid 2000s pop-rock album.
Also being the single of the EP, “Thread” is accompanied by a video, with the likeness of a 90s self made clip, of the rockers performing in a park and running around Laredo, TX.
“Primordial Soup” begins along the same lines as Alphaville’s “Forever Young,” with its soft vocals and a synth-organ build up, just before jumping into a bit more of an upbeat tune.
The final track of the EP, “Religion,” is, much like the rest of the tracks on Primordial Soup, soft and euphoric. That is, before a heavy, funky and downright groovy guitar riff is brought out. Being the longest track on the album, running for just over seven minutes, “Religion” is by far the edgiest and grooviest track on the EP, and is one that would make even David Gilmour proud.
Primordial Soup stays constant with it’s contradictory theme of bubbly pop mixed with angsty messages. This euphoric EP will be released by Pure Joy Records on May 13th.
Track Listing;
1. Beaten 3. Primordial Soup
2. Thread 4. Religion