"One Thousand Five"
from the Something Difficult EP

Release Date: 09/11/07
Produced by David Frederickson and Mistina Keith

The Prids return with Something Difficult; a set of songs that reinforces the fact that this group can do more with a whisper than most do with a scream.

The EP’s opener and title track is all cautionary vocal and liquid bass line droning against a martial snare drum, guitar present only to move the listener further downward. By the time vocalist/guitarist David Frederickson and bassist Mistina Keith warn, “Be careful there, it’s quiet and cold…” it’s too late.

The tone set, “One Thousand Five” picks up the pace and pushes the record forward with the band’s trademark sound. Driving guitars and the tight drumming of Joey Mass churn under Frederickson and Keith’s signature boy/girl vocals. Though the lyric suggests, “You might want to look the other way”, the song keeps you hanging on like a fast drive down a dark, twisting road.

Too quickly it’s all over. The simple yet moving “Molest the Outer Heart” and the closer, a cover of “Motor Away" by cult heroes Guided By Voices (featuring a gorgeous vocal by Keith floating over Eric Hold’s industrial keyboard) prove the too oft clichéd point that pain can indeed be sadly beautiful.