Black Cards Release New EP

Black Cards, the pop band headed by former Fall Out Boy member Pete Wentz, has finally released more material. While this is pretty exciting, for those who haven't been keeping up with the band's happenings, it might come as a bit of a shock.

Black Cards was one of the bands I have been waiting for patiently to release more material. They initially released a great track called "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Fame", but then fell off the face of the earth. Occasionally new tracks would pop up on Youtube, but this is the first solid release from them in over a year.

Strangely, their debut single, along with the Youtube content is absent from the EP entirely. As a matter of fact, their music is missing the most alluring part of their previous work -- the vocalist. As it turns out, Bebe Rehxa, the previous vocalist, left the group to pursue a solo career.

The group went ahead and made new music, Malice Mizer style, without a lead vocalist. Three of the five tracks on the EP are instrumental tracks only, and the other two have guest vocals. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed in the EP, mostly because their starting music was so strong beforehand, and the new material sounds much cheaper. Hopefully this is just a teaser for what is to come during the search for a new lead singer.

Come back, Bebe!