Sensitive to the room

Presley certainly has a knack for writing these fun synth-pop tracks. I recently got into "Cult" & "Apartment" and absolutely loved the production, vocals, and melodies, so I decided to give his most recent EP a spin. Quickly, I am finding that when Presley finds something that works, he is able to make it work very well. However, sometimes the tracks that don't land feel very aimless and meandering. "Why Am I Here" uses great production and vocals, but the repetitive chorus is a nice change of pace from modern pop. "If I Was With You" starts as a standard pop song, but the second half enters that territory I discussed earlier, where it really starts to work. He uses melody and rhythm to create an almost hypnotic sequence with the music evolving as the verse goes on. Great end to a pretty good EP. The last track I wanted to bring up was "Buy Me A Car". I find this one to have excellent production, but the melodies leave more to be desired. This is the general issue with the other two tracks as well. Good production, but the melodies don't have any sort of standout feature.