Any musicians dream is to be a rock star. Some people abandon their dream, while others stick to it. The boys from Dollface Divine sure proved that they haven’t abandoned their dream. Five guys from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania put out 2wenty4ourhours, a five track EP nothing short of stardom.

The opening track “Goodnight like This” starts with a woman’s voice saying “I’m a little scared”. A man responses with “scared of what?” and she says, “Of falling in love” and in crashes symbols and crazy guitar riffs. This dialog was taken from the biographical film “Control” on the late Ian Curtis, lead singer of post-punk band Joy Division. “So what have we done/I need your voice, back inside of me tonight” blares through the sound. Such lyrics as these are so imposing that I'm not sure what to think about them, but I do know that Wyatt Sheer’s voice is so different and defining. During the first run-through of the album, his voice may throw anyone off guard. There’s a presences to his voice, along with other vocals from Ben Duty. Wyatt Sheer chatted with me a bit. He said, “I thought Corbijn did an amazing job with the film. It became a major personal influence in preparation for the EP both lyrically and musically.”

The second track, “Our Universal” keeps the mood going. I really like the melody in this song. It’s not my favorite track on the EP, but I do like it. Lyrically, it’s relatable. Words like “You’re so perfect, yeah you get me so high/and nothing will ever compare to how you make me feel tonight.” Anyone who has ever been in a relationship or stalked someone secretly (yes, that’s a joke) knows the passion behind these simple words. My favorite line in the song is “And were so young, can’t we stay this way?/I’ll die trying”. If anyone wrote such lyrics to me or about me, this song sure would be in competition. It feels as if (th)ey are trying to grasp something, someone, the lover, but there is no way to avoid disappointment.
The best track on the E.P. is “… May Last Forever”. The guys also made a music video for this track (though, I cannot find it anywhere). “… May Last Forever” reminds me of the intro to the New Found Glory song, “My Friends over You”. Of course, Dollface is nothing like NFG, but the guitar riffs always seem to excite me in the same way it did when I first her that NFG song. The sarcastic lyrics enter in not expecting. “I didn’t know that coast to coast relationships with ghosts were in this year”.

“Oakland” and “Carpe Diem” (respectively) follow the next two tracks on the album. Wyatt explained, “The quotes used in ‘Carpe Diem’ are lyrics from the Joy Division song ‘Twenty Four
Hours’ read aloud by Ian before he took his own life.” These guys transformed their old mentality of what a band was like and created something unique and special. This defiantly shows how the title of this EP came to be, since the undertone of the album is specifically about Ian Curtis’s influence on this band.

This EP is grood. YES, grood… a mixture between good and great. The only downfall is the fact that it’s only 5 songs. It leaves you hanging on. Hopefully these guys will come up with a full tracked album. They have soul. They have passion. They have drive. Wyatt told me the story of how the EP recording came to be. He told me about how the whole band trusted Cole Martinez, who previously worked with the Dave Matthews Band, Aborted, Chimaira, and Wyatt’s other side project with Duke and Brette. I applaud Cole’s excellent mixture in this EP. Not only is it sculpted uniquely, but it doesn’t sound too chaotic. I give this EP an 9/10 simply because I wish it was an LP. The drums at times sound too perfect. The riffs do sounds a bit too clean… but the passion sure leaks through. “You can hear the passion and desperation in the songs. It is finally our fresh start.” – Wyatt Sheer.