Beach Bunny – Emotional Creature – Album Review

Hi, everybody. I know I haven’t posted in a while, and there’s multiple reasons why. One of those reasons is that I’m working on a post where I review seven albums (six new albums and one throwback) in one post … it is going to be published later than I was hoping, but I feel like it’s getting close. The latest album to be released of the seven was released on July 22nd, and all the others were released earlier than that, so … yeah, it’s really going to be late, considering that I’m currently reviewing an album that also came out on July 22nd.

Anyway, speaking of the album I’m reviewing right now, Beach Bunny are a band whom I’d heard of, and I might have heard a few songs of theirs in the past, but nothing that I remember.

As I continue to discover new music, I decided to check out Beach Bunny’s second studio album, Emotional Creature. And I’m so happy I did, because this album is amazing! If you haven’t heard this and you’re a fan of alternative rock, I highly recommend listening to this album!

“Entropy” opens the album, and it’s arguably my favourite song on the album. I love the vocal melodies on the chorus, and lead singer Lili Trifilio’s vocals on this song are amazing! The band sounds totally in sync with each other on this song, and that lead guitar on the chorus is awesome! I love this song so much, and it’s just one of many fantastic songs here!

This album is thirty-six minutes long, and I feel like that’s pretty much the perfect length for this album. It’s not that I think these songs are too similar … they’re not. And most of these songs stand out to me on their own. It’s just that when I’m listening to them all together, if it were any longer I might start to want a bit more variety, even if the songs are great. But with the album being as short as it is, I don’t think that’s an issue here.

I also think some of the shorter songs here are effective despite being so short, such as “Eventually”, which is just over two minutes, and especially “Fire Escape”, which isn’t much longer. “Fire Escape” has absolutely awesome distorted guitars, and I love how quickly the song changes throughout, which explains why I think it works so well clocking in at under two and a half minutes.

That being said, my least favourite song here is “Infinity Room”, which is also the shortest song here, clocking in at a minute and ten seconds. But despite finding this song pretty boring, it’s short enough that it doesn’t take away too much from the full album experience. Also, I respect the willingness to put this song on the album as short as it is, instead of forcing it to be ‘long enough’.

“Gravity” is an instrumental track which I don’t think I’d go out of my way to listen to on its own, but it works really well as an interlude.

There’s one more track I want to mention right now, and that’s “Scream”. There are some great vocal melodies on this track, and I love the lyrics, too. The lyrics on this song seem to be about Lili Trifilio having a hard time opening up about her struggles, and she criticizes people who judge others for opening up about their struggles. She also mentions how that affects her and makes her afraid to open up. At least this is how I interpret the song. It’s another one of my favourites on the album.

I haven’t even yet mentioned the production throughout this album and how awesome the drums sound in the mix!

If you’re a fan of alternative rock, I highly recommend listening to this! It’s amazing!

I’m not saying this album is perfect, and there’s a few things here and there that bug me, but overall, I love this album! Emotional Creature by Beach Bunny is getting an 8/10 from me!

Final Thoughts
Rating: 8/10
Favourite Tracks: “Entropy”, “Deadweight”, “Gone”, “Fire Escape”, “Weeds”, “Scream”, “Love Song”
Least Favourite Tracks: “Infinity Room”, “Karaoke”