Ceyeo – Together They Were Nothing

Ceyeo’s stuff lands in a funny spot where “alt-rock” doesn’t mean big choruses and denim, it means someone treating guitars, drums, and a few left turns like a delivery system for actual thoughts. On Together They Were Nothing, he’s backed by a proper band, Ryan Streeter on guitar, Luca Giachi on bass, Fede Gucciardo on drums, with Katie Burke showing up on “Confession,” and a violin line from Maga Clavijo on “I Can Tell.” He also keeps his hands on the words, keys, saxophone, and production, so even when the parts get busy, it still feels like one person steering.

“Confession” comes in bright and easy, a feel-good guitar line, a vocal that leans warm and nostalgic, little flute touches floating behind it, plus Burke’s voice giving the hook a lift. “I Can Tell” slows the tempo and lets the groove sit deeper in the pocket, guitar and bass moving like they’ve played together for years. The strings don’t try to steal the scene, they just widen the frame.

Then the EP starts showing its teeth. “Love Is Angry” rides on chopped percussion that keeps the track restless, like it can’t settle into a clean swing. The lyric reads like a notebook entry that got sharpened into a weapon, love as lightning, love as a war, love as something that burns because you can’t control it. “Bedlam” goes darker and more crowded, synth pads hanging in the air while the guitar loops and scrapes behind the vocal, the writing spiraling through greed, violence, and that sick feeling of watching it all continue.

“Contact” is the comedown. Slow, foggy, almost ritualistic in its drum feel, full of specific images, houses, kites, doors, a mind trying to repeat the right thought until it works. “Colossus” stretches time with softer textures and heavier lines, the drums flirting with an amen-break pulse while the song stays mournful. By the time “This Is How You Win” closes, the EP has turned into a bitter little manual for modern life, cold, sharp, and catchy enough to replay.