Little Piece of Hair is a joyful rebellion for those trapped in their minds. With most people confined to their homes, too, the six-song EP provides sweet release for all their pent-up energy. The Halifax quartet project their exuberant, rough-around-the-edges racket in an attempt to bring down the mental and physical walls around them.
Like Century Egg's 2020 EP,
We Can Play, their latest offering contains no shortage of earworms. Shane Keyu Song's voice still bobs atop Robert Drisdelle's thick-cut — and cutting — guitar lines like a buoy behind a speeding boat. But on
Little Piece of Hair, the band's new rhythm section, drummer Meg Yoshida (Not You) and bassist Matty Grace (Cluttered, Future Girls), steers Century Egg in a heavier direction.