Three tracks for a character EP, and each one carries its weight. "Bitter River" flows with pain. "To the Stars" reaches upward with defiance against whatever the storm represents. "Ballad of the Wingless Birds" closes with an image that's both beautiful and tragic, grounded creatures looking skyward.
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Three tracks is barely anything but Pollux's EP uses each one to hit a different emotional register: grief, hope, and melancholy acceptance. The naming is poetic without being overwrought. Short enough to listen to in one sitting and feel something.
If you're following Morimens' character-specific EPs, Pollux's three tracks tell a personal story in the most compressed form possible.