Long Live Happy Birthday, in everything from the title to the album cover to (most importantly) how the record sounds, is the antithesis to Death To New Years. Whereas the 2015 EP was sentimental, nostalgic, and in some places even cheerful, this 2016 EP is downtrodden, anxious, and melancholy. Of course, this leads to some really cathartic moments, especially the build-up and explosion near the end of "Katamari Duquette", during which the refrain "away with God and away with love, our hands are tied and stepped on" is repeated, with more emotion being injected into each repeat. It shows that, though their base sound is the same instrumentally, TWIABP can evoke much more than just comforting, nostalgic moments, readily evolving the depth of their sound.
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