Back to the River : Riverside Omnibus 2 : Voices in my head

This is the EP that makes the permanent addition of keyboard player Michal Lapaj.
 This EP is in two part.
 the second is simply 3 titles from the first CD live, namely out of myself, I believe and loose heart.
They are the side of discovery of this EP, 3 great tracks from the great first CD.
 the second ( or first actually) part are 5 new tracks.
let's focus a bit more on that.
 the first one Us is a gentle acoutic almost ballad about love. hardly similar to the previous album.
Acronym love , is a bit the same , yet slightly more electric and in the style Riverside created.

The next one Dna ts. rednim or F.rat  is a long half instrumental , hypnotic and relentless more in the veins of what the band produce..
After comes the time I was Daydreaming, and we go back to semi accoustic ballad.


Finally , we round the new tracks with Stuck Between , which is a bit less acoutic love issued tracks but still is well stuck between these one and the traditionnal riverside songs.

This EP seems a bit indeed stuck between  the discovery one with the live tracks and the B sides , off course new songs that should appeal to the fans but in the end does not really gives a good starting point to the Riverside kind of songs. Especially since the live ones really outshines the new songs.

So maybe it is a bit of discovery part B sides collection which clearly shows the many talents of Riverside yet is not their best effort.