http://www.myspace.com/twelvefootninja

Twelve Foot Ninja are everything I love about music.  Equal parts heavy, catchy, melodic, and a little bit weird.

New Dawn is their first 6 track EP, and it plays like some of the best bits of Mike Patton’s extensive musical catalogue.  The only unfortunate thing about TFN (not tax file number), is the Patton comparisons that are inevitable when your singer sounds almost identical.  But I’ve manged to ignore that, and encourage you to do the same and enjoy it for what it is.  Damn good music.

The EP seamlessly flows from reggae/dub, to meshuggah style math-metal, to ‘yacht rock’, funk, and eastern influenced rock, reminiscent of the fantastic “Tea Party”.  Its easily worth the money, and its my prediction that if these guys keep it up, they have the potential to be huge in the alternative music scene.

I had the pleasure and luck to be front and centre at their first ever headlining gig in Melbourne earlier this year and these songs sound absolutely mind-blowing live.  If you get a chance to check them out live, don’t miss it.