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Before I talk about the album itself, I must mention that the premise of this game is really funny and my fav story in this jam lol, the band just making their up way into history is a really fun plot. The art is also really good, the band members' character designs have a lot of personality to them.

The album itself was really nice all around, it has a very unique identity and sound to it and I loved it a whole bunch. It feels futuristic yet oddly hopeful in a lot of places. The Earjammers are sort of like a lightbulb, shining over the dark, plain planet of Eargia.

Throughout a few of the songs, one can hear a duty-cycle pulse reminiscent of the old consoles' chiptunes (Prominent in Front to Back at around 0:30. It even plays the game's main leitmotif!). It sort of gave me this bubbly, rose tinted feeling I got when listening to the Steven Universe OST (I recommend it, it's fairly unique) and I had a smile whenever it showed up.

Warped was pretty, I loved the sudden DnB switch up near the end, my fav part of the song. Front to Back had something similar going on as well near its end, really reminded me of those early 2000s PS2 games.

Go Go Go reminds me of Jealous by Eyedress, so of course it was my favourite track in the whole thing. The last 2 tracks in the game especially really give off the feel that they were actually played by the band live, while the first feel more like theme songs that play in the world itself.

Fitting to its name, Earjammers capped off the whole thing pretty well. The way it starts off with a leitmotif found in both Warped and Front to Back was a really nice touch, a really good musical idea implemented well whenever it appears. The pop rock influence really comes through, my favourite part of it was the 8 bit pulse that plays at around 0:35, which I think might be microtonal in the way it goes up in pitch? The way you can still hear while the heavenly guitar and all the other instruments go crazy in the background is just plain awesome.

Overall, this shit rocks. Congrats!