On the rest of the short EP, the songs aren't nearly as tight and accessible as "Yesterday's Flowers" or "The Way Love Used To Be." On "Don't Go to Dream State," Franklin's vocals get drowned out by the strings and sliding guitars, and Fogarino's drums are powerful but overwhelming. "Don't Go to Dream State" shows a band so enamored in noise and experimental studio excess that they ignore the basic elements of a potentially good song, and the listener is left trying to make sense of it all. The rest of the album tapers off in this way and doesn't offer anything new, only two pointless remixes of "Cold War Kids" that fall short.

Although the album has been available via iTunes for a couple months (it was originally named The Setting Suns EP before the band changed their name), the Magnetic Morning EP is now available on CD at your local record store. It's still available via iTunes as well, but as far as I can tell, it's not available via Amazon or any other online stores yet (they must not like this Record Store Day celebration too much, I guess). Despite its shortcomings, the Magnetic Morning EP is still a nice little sample of this side project's musical capabilities, and hopefully we'll see a full length LP from the band soon.