Active Child comes into his own with the Rapor EP

As a fan of Active Child's first album You Are All I See,  I'm seriously impressed by his newest efforts on the Rapor EP. The album has it all.   You go from some soulful and chilling duet "Silhouette" with Ellie Goulding to a more layered synth throwback with "Feeling Is Gone."  If you've never heard of Active Child, think of him landing somewhere between Bon Iver and Twin Shadow.

The first song Active Child put out for this new EP was "She Cut Me."  It's more of an instrumental and a bit of a departure from his previous album.  I wasn't really sure what to expect from the rest of this album when I heard this.  It felt darker and even more moody.  Anyhow, the rest of the EP definitely goes with soulful lyrics and this is the album's interlude in a way.  I really dig the looped vocals and the muddy synths.

I spoke of the duet with Ellie Goulding called "Silhouette" and I think it's worth giving it a full mention.  It's one of those duets that really work. Both artist really fit so well in the vocals it's hard to think of this song done any other way.  Ellie brings a level of vulnerability to the song and Pat Grossi(Active Child) makes his vocals fit so perfectly.   This is one epic 4 minutes.  Might become one of the year's indie hits.  I wouldn't be surprised because it has mass appeal and then some.  Pick up Rapor EP and go back to get all You Are All I See if you haven't already.