Note: This is a remix of a previous review.

If you want to capture the majesty of nature, you can't use a boom bap beat. As a morning sky that's painted in a vivid red needs more, more soul, more emotion, more power. And that's what Stacs Of Stamina provide on their "Cashew Fenny" EP. They are creating music that is appearing deeper, that is spacious enough to contain faces, suffering, the intensity of nature, the size of it, the hardship of it. Big words, but they are used for a big record. Big in the aspect of its potential to fill a room with sound. A quality that is always appreciated, but that also demands a certain quality and strength in a very vulnerable kind of way. It makes it be a ghost whose presence is felt, while its appearance can't be captured with one of our main senses. Again, big words, for a mighty record.

Now, all you readers that pay attention will go: 'yo, didn't you review this record already?' And said readers would be right. Some time ago, some time last year, we received, and reviewed an advance copy of this EP. But now as the official release is finally making it possible for a wider audience to get overpowered by the Stacs, a quick look at the tracklisting will explain why we are giving this record all our attention again. As the tracklisting is different. Gone are the instrumentals, that were included on that copy. Second, there's a new track on here called "Appearing Real".

But what we said back then is still valid today. The title track "Cashew Fenny" is still the cut we like the most. The voice of Catrine Morén is still adding a struggle to the cut, that is allowing the frustrated, accusing and battling rhymes to gain an uncomfortable, while necessary depth. The darkness is incredible, it's apocalyptic, it's industrial, gothic, selfish. And these words are borrowed from the last review. And to continue that recycling, "Solblade" (one of the few tracks not produced by Johan, but by Geseligesan) features spooky pianos that team up with other spacey sounds, and the rhymes are talking about elementary issues, with the struggle to achieve being the topic. "The Bluebird Of Happiness" is reduced to "The Bluebird?", with the Stacs exploring the misguided currency at their nerve endings. However, there's the positive schizophrenic moment too, when we are drawn into atmospheric layers, that are calmed down. What eventually makes us thankful when we hear "I almost died yesterday, but I'm still breathing", with the drum chopping up the time reference.

"Nightmare Manifesting" re-appears on here too, it still being harsh, and the vibe moving away from the pure gloom, to make room for an aggressiveness, both in the lyrics, as well as the beat. And before we are getting to the new tracks on here, "Ecology Of Souls (Second Act)", stings with a bareness, as well as an insane choice of samples, with the latter being especially to our liking. What then leaves us with "Coconut Fenny", that's a remix of the title track, done by Geseligesan. He lifted off a lot of the menacing completeness, reducing the beat to a smaller number of elements, that are giving the lyrics more room to breathe and progress. And then, as mentioned, there's "Appearing Real", a full new track. This one seems smaller in size if compared to other entities on this record, but it's content with remaining compact and getting hope from being undemanding. And what that is meant to say is, that there's plush sounds that are while obvious, not forcing themselves on us, remaining rather shy, while still putting the drum one or two layers to the back, with the chorus offering completeness: "a bridge is not just a place to spit on cars from / fear is false evidence appearing real / so release your fears".

Yes, we are aware that this album will not be to all people's liking. But that can also be explained by the different kind of purpose music has to those that struggle to appreciate this. Because Stacs Of Stamina don't create dance music, even if all your dancing would be performed your neck. They create music that is intending to recreate a nuclear part of reality and make it perfect, just like art always does. And if you are willing to draw that aspect into your listening enjoyment, then "Cashew Fenny" provides the energy you are urging for.