Camp Trash entering the scene

Camp Trash and their first release “Downtiming” receives critical acclaim and garners thousands of listeners within the first week of its official release.

Camp trash is a four-piece band from Bradenton, Florida. Since this is their first release there is a serious lack of information on the members.

Track 1: The record kicks off with “Bobby”- It’s a great opener for the EP and it embodies the band’s direction for the rest of the tape. Only 10 seconds into the record the listener is flooded with a wall of electric guitars and a pumping, in-your-face drum kit which carries out for the majority of the record.

The energy created is fantastic and is only amplified by the chorus-like verse towards the end of the song. With “Bobby” receiving more listens than every other track on the project combined, it’s hard to argue that it isn’t the fan-favorite.

Track 2: The second song off the tape, “Sleepyhead” is my personal favorite mainly due to the hook being stuck in my head since I heard it for the first time. Every single second of this song I can see myself screaming and the top of my lungs. You can find the same addicting distorted guitar lines and upfront drum kit.

There’s almost nothing I can even say about this track other than I absolutely adore it. It’s one of those tracks that has a special place in my heart.

Track 3: “Potomino”, the third song off the EP starts with a much needed leisurely approach featuring only guitar and vocals. It does a great job of breaking up the project a little bit and gives the listener a sense of resolution from the past two tracks. However, like you’re coming to expect from the band, it picks back up towards the mid-point of the record.

Track 4: Ending off the project, “Weird Carolina” immediately justifies its position; the first quarter of the record sounds like the end-sequence to a coming-of-age movie from the 90s. Despite the upbeat chorus and bridge, the whole song has a hint of discontent and arguably- regret.

It’s the longest track on the project coming in at 3:41 and I think the length is necessary. Unlike a lot of ~4-minute songs, I feel like Weird Carolina provided value throughout the entire duration. 

I’ve listened to Downtiming at least ten times since its release and the charm hasn’t worn off yet. It triggers some sense of nostalgia for me despite only coming out a few days ago!

As far as the engineering goes, I am such a super mega fan. I looked up the engineering credits and it looks like Kyle Hoffer was responsible. The low end is filling and satisfying without any sign of mud or drowning out the other instruments. The drums come through fat and punchy, the cymbals in particular stay in the background while still driving tempo. The guitars are distorted to hell but still sound dark and don’t take attention away from the vocals. The main vocals sound in your face without being overwhelming or synthetic! Seriously, I want to hug this man.

This record was amazing to listen to! If it were an album I would want a little more variation in song structure but for an EP-
5 / 5