You Wanna Know EP by Don Broco

Don Broco are a band that seem to have slowly risen in popularity these past couple of years. This is defiantly down to the success of their album "Priorities", because without it, they probably wouldn't have been able to accomplish achievements such as playing the main stage at Reading and Leeds festivals. Songs such as "Hold On" and "Priorities" seem to go down really well with crowds that love a chirpy pop punk song.

The band seem to have to been thrown into this recent scene of British pop punk bands along with acts such as You Me At Six and Lower Than Atlantis. This isn't hard to see why seeing as all three bands have a melodic, "let's go and mosh" type sound. "You Wanna Know EP" includes new song "You Wanna Know", a remix of said song, a cover of "You Know You Like It" and 2 acoustic versions of songs that were on "Priorities".

Choppy, tights riffs are the main course being served up on the opening tracking "You Wanna Know". This is pretty much shown from the beginning after a brief 12 second build up. It's like greyhounds anticipating a race and then suddenly, BAM they're off out the gates. The texture then drops for the verse where we are treated to a funky bass line and twiddly guitars. After this tasty starter, we then go back to that delicious main course riff. So we've had a main course, a starter and then a main course again. Umm how about we call that second main course a desert seeing as that's the traditional order of events. Anway, "You Wanna Know" is a funky stomper of a pop punk song that is sure to get those moshes grooving. Oooo yeah! Also you may be wondering "why the food references?" well, one of the lyrics is "You said you'd have your cake" so it seems appropriate. The Club Sex mix of this song is great too. Imagine "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake but more chilled out and that's what you've got. This sleek seductive mix of the song is sure to get lustful hearts in the clubs twerking and ummm yeah, the rest you can guess.

"You Know You Like It" is pretty much the same as the original version expect there are electric guitars rather than electronic instruments. This isn't bad but it isn't exactly spectacular either. A fine and decent effort overall. The two acoustic versions of "Here's The Thing" and "Actors" are fine too and they are what you would expect from acoustic versions of songs. However, there is only one complaint and that is that the drums on "Actors" slightly drown out the acoustic guitar, but apart from that these acoustic tunes are nice soothing listens that will surely please big fans of the band.

"You Wanna Know EP" is an enjoyable listen and the title track is easily the highlight. The mix is great too and "You Know You Like It" is a decent cover but it plays it a little too safe. Also, the acoustic tunes are nice touches but they could've of been produced slightly better. Apart from a few niggles this is an interesting listen that goes far beyond the basic pop punk formula.

OVERALL: 7/10

BEST TRACKS: You Wanna Know, You Wanna Know (Club Sex Mix)
WORST TRACK: Actors (acoustic)