This is Dude Trips fourth EP release, the band from Fraserburgh in the far North East of Scotland have also ventured into the world of full lengths back in 2019 with ‘Through Love and Death’, which along with the title for this EP gives us a clue as to the kind of music and lyrics to expect, yes Emo still does have a place in the indie world. So not having the pleasure of hearing Dude Trips before, I took the step of listening to this one cold (not going back and visiting their previous releases), a clear mind and no preconceptions. I’ll get this out of the way from the off, having the knowledge that this was a Scottish emo band, hitting play on track one ‘Leaving’ the first line and the acoustic moody feeling, gave me the Biffy Clyro thought, yet by the second line and the feeling of utte...
