The Full Spectrum: The Dear Hunter's Black EP

The Dear Hunter: Black EP

The Dear Hunter has a rare chameleon quality about them and it’s the initial thing that struck my interest about the band initially when I first went through the Act albums. There are more capable music reviewers that can give that quality name but I can’t quite put my finger on exactly how they’re able to almost switch genre to genre from one song to the next and still maintain their identity. Dear Hunter still feels like they’re within their own wheelhouse no matter what genre is attempted. I will say this, and it might sound incredibly vague so forgive me, there’s a certain warmness about TDH’s tone in every song and even though each song in the different

Color Spectrum EPs differ in vibe, this warm tone is a baseline that remains constant throughout so that no song feels out of place and yet each color maintains a separate identity.

Just like a person adapts to various scenarios their own way, such is the same with TDH and the Color Spectrum because clearly the Black EP is meant to be their darker music however it’s not darkness for the sake of darkness, it’s what dark would sound like for Dear Hunter, if that makes any sense. The darkest Dear Hunter gets is probably “This Body” as the rest doesn’t necessarily sound too dark but it is for them compared to everything else in other albums as well as the remaining EPs. Never Forgive, Never Forget was a great choice to begin the entire Spectrum as it wakes up the listener the moment the snare roll ends and sets the tone for the rest of the EP. When I first heard of this Spectrum project, I was expecting something a little more than what it ended up being for the Black EP. It’s like I was expecting Gasoline Family or I Am A Vampire by Right Away, Great Captain but then again, that wouldn’t be TDH’s style. Instead, for better or worse, the Black EP is more like the members of the band went out on the town and they just flipped up the collars to their leather jackets.