“Three Chord Valentine” opens the EP, and if you only listened to the first verse, you may mistake them for the most troubled emo band you’ve ever heard. The lyrics get more mentally stable as the song goes on, however, and the chord progression makes for a catchy rock track. It’s the cleanest mix on the EP, too; all the tracks afterwards suffer from that limited-studio-time sound.

“Por Vida” is one of the two tracks that can be considered early versions of the song, as they were recorded again for later albums. The track is less impressive overall in comparison to the first one, but it may be the favorite track of screamo fans as far as this EP goes.

Another track that was recorded again on a later release, “All Cried Out” has riffs that sound similar to “Three Chord Valentine”. It suffers from an almost annoying introduction that consists of only vocals and only a bit of guitar. Luckily, the rest of the song loses the vocal tone and gains instrument layers.

“The White Nightmare” is an unusual track for the band because none of their albums have a fully acoustic track, or even a song that comes close to how this one sounds. The song seems to only have three layers: main vocals, acoustic guitar, and backing/alternate vocals. On top of that, the guitar playing is rather unique. I doubt I’ll ever find anything that sounds like that with the interesting lyrics to go with it.

The problem with Vendetta Red is that their material can be pretty hard to find. Odds are you won’t hear any of these songs unless you ask the right person. Part of the reason why this is the case is that they broke up in 2006, but three of the original members went on to form Sirens Sister, so if you like the music and want to see them live, not all hope is lost… If you can make it to the Seattle area.

Upon closer inspection, however, I discovered that the album was recorded in 2000 and 2001, both in the month of February. It felt like an album that should have been released five to ten years ago. It’s really hard to pin one specific genre on this music… It has elements from classic rock, metal, punk, and they’ve been seamlessly blended together. However, there is a point on the album that seems to jump out as different in some way. The first five tracks were recorded in 2000, and then the last three tracks were recorded a year later. Over the course of a year, they developed a slightly different playing style and there are moments in all three songs where you can tell they were just better than they were a year ago.

The songs have length diversity, that’s for sure. “I Love Trash” is a quick song that barely lasts longer than two minutes, while “Gettin’ All Bad Lieutenant Parts I & II” lasts just over eight and a half minutes, which is quite long for a punk song in my experience, and long for a song of any genre that is that fast. There also happens to be a song on this album called “Crash And Burn”, so it’s one of those rare tracks that show up like “Crash And Burn” by Crash And Burn from the album Crash And Burn. Understandably, it’s the best of the Y2K songs.

This album isn’t for everyone, but anyone that likes the punk genre should be on the lookout for this album because it has the potential to be one of your favorites. Anyone looking for some fast music with some great guitar work will surely be pleased with this album as well.