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Album Review: Love Via Dance Machine/White Rose - Acoustic Split EP

If you are familiar with Love Via Dance Machine and/or White Rose, then this split EP will no doubt meet your expectations of the acoustic material either band would likely produce. Having spent the summer touring together, LVDM and ‘White Rose’ share an upbeat poppy style which cannot fail to get a crowd moving. Usually armed to the teeth with cutting pop punk guitars and bouncing choruses, both bands have translated their style to a more stripped down form with this split. This is the quiet reflection on a late night drive after the tour is over. This is the musical embodiment of the summer comedown.

Having a similar effect on the brain as All Time Low, both bands have a knack to produce songs so catchy you end up hating yourself for liking them. Listening to their full band material, there is a clear stylistic difference between the two bands which also makes itself known on the EP. Where White Rose deal with the straight up fist-in-the-air pop punk of bands such as This Time Next Year, LVDM take more of an electro approach and incorporate synths into the mix (think Pop-Punk mixed with dance beats). But despite their differences, the split actually flows very well, with both bands maintaining their upbeat style even when unplugged.