By: TJ Liebgott
November 7, 2011
3/5

After a four-year hiatus from the recording studio, Toronto's Recovery Child is back with their new EP Afterimage.  Within the linear notes the band writes that the album took longer than expected due to the fact that they wanted to show how they've grown as a band.

The end result is a seven-song EP filled with well crafted and well executed songs.  The songs are less in your face, balls to the wall rock that you'd normally expect from Recovery Child, but the end result is an older, more mature, somewhat down tempo straight ahead rock offering.

Although the album isn't crammed with conventional singles, there are still some strong contenders on Afterimage.  "Bury Your Words" is arguably the strongest track on the album.  Pushing six minutes, it's a rock n' roll opus that perfectly exemplifies how Recovery Child has grown in their song writing.

Recovery Child is always an entertaining band to see live and with these new songs in their arsenal, their shows can only get better.