7/10

The Repeat Wheel aren't looking to ease in gently. On their debut EP 'Still My Moon', the Brooklyn duo of Pat Donachie and Sean Razavi navigate raw emotion and unsettled nights with a lean setup and a sharp sense of tension. There’s a restlessness to these five tracks, the kind you might find on a midnight drive through fog-soaked woods, where headlights barely cut through the dark and every turn feels like a question.

But don’t let the acoustic/electric format fool you into expecting campfire comfort. The Repeat Wheel aren’t strumming lullabies as Pat’s vocal delivery is both vulnerable and jagged, flickering between spoken word croons and bruised melodies. It’s the kind of vocal style that carries true weight. Meanwhile, Sean’s guitar work adds a cinematic atmosphere, weaving around the voice like static electricity at every turn.

Recorded at Welterweight Sound Studio in New Paltz with Ryan Dieringer engineering and Alex Goldberg offering dynamic session drumming, 'Still My Moon' is surprisingly expansive for a project this skeletal. There’s space to breathe here, but also moments that feel almost claustrophobic. It’s not glossy or overly arranged. It lives in its imperfections. It wants to feel a little unravelled.

The EP’s themes of grief, growth, memory, and aftermath hang in the misty air like smoke. The lyrics hint at narratives without always spelling them out, giving us room to project our own hauntings. And through it all, the band’s chemistry is unmistakable. After nearly a decade of playing together, Pat and Sean know how to let silence say as much as sound, and how to twist familiar tools into something that feels entirely their own.