Tundra wowed me with their split with Gods Among Me a few months ago, but this is all Tundra, all the time. Twenty-seven minutes of music await the listener, and the band seems to even made themselvews better than they were on their last go-around. The band is able to make some of the hardest, most intense music through using instruments and time signatures that would not normally seem proper for a composition of that style. The one thing that individuals will notice immediately about Tundra is that their compositions are considerably long (most range in the five to six minute range, besides "Bow Hunter") However, these compositions run through listeners’ hands like water; individuals will think each of the songs on this self-titled EP are only two to three minutes. Each of the tracks on this EP brings something new to individuals' perceptions of Tundra. Even with this "lighter" sound, it still goes and throws ample double-bass action and a bouncy bass line into the mix. The use of tribal drums during the ending segment of the track continues the varying sound of Tundra. It is true; Tundra is like the mythical Proteus, thrashing about and changing forms to escape reviewers like me pigeonholing them into a specific style.
Tundra can be as influential and as impressive as Nation of Ulysses, Dag Nasty, or Cradle of Filth.... their arrangement skills are well beyond other bands that have existed as long as they have, while the fullness of the band is something that cannot be rivaled.
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