It All Burns Down Someday

Graham Bremner — vocals, guitars, bass
Epaminondas Trimis — drums, percussion
Seth Ahnert — keyboards on three tracks

All songs written by Graham Bremner. Mixed and mastered by Michael Springer.

72 Rats presents: it all burns down someday

There is a punk-inspired attitude throughout, paired with nuanced chord voicing and a wider variety of sounds. The approach tips its hat to seminal artists like Dinosaur Jr. and The Weakerthans, while keeping the arrangements live, fun, and spontaneous. … Across it all burns down someday, 72 Rats balance post-punk restraint with the looseness of indie rock, capturing performances that feel direct and deliberately unpolished.— The Bandcamp Diaries

it all burns down someday — 72 Rats (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

When pop music doesn't have the balls you want as the soundtrack to your day and rock music feels a bit too impenetrable or imposing, you need something with a foot in each camp. You need something like the new EP (mini-album?) from 72 Rats.— Dancing About Architecture

72 Rats Find Liberation in Impermanence on 'it all burns down someday'

This new record feels immediate and adventurous at once, balancing driving rock energy against atmospheric passages and arrangements that reward repeat listens. The reference points are easy to hear, with the nervy intelligence, the jangling melancholy and the shadowed tension of legendary acts all echoing through the material. Still, 72 Rats never sound like a tribute act. The punk-inspired attitude is theirs, as is the live, spontaneous feel that keeps the performances sounding like people in a room rather than files in a computer.— JamSphere

What ties these songs together is the straightforward candor. Bremner tends to state his ideas plainly rather than burying them in elaborate imagery, and the instrumentation hits the listener head-on instead of hiding beneath glossy production. Distorted guitars shift between different levels of density and rhythmic emphasis, nuanced chord voicings widen the palette, and the whole record balances post-punk restraint with the looseness of indie rock. It is not a pretentious album. It reaches instead for the smaller, humbler realization that nobody really has the answers to life’s great questions, and that admitting so can be a relief.— JamSphere