While there’s no official confirmation, it’s easy to imagine that Fast Cars is what became of all the beats Blockhead produced for Bazooka Tooth. He contributes three strong tracks here, but compared to Labor Days they’re harsher, as well as more openly dance-oriented. The instrumentals on the EP might make for a remixer’s delight, even if Aes’ lyrics are looser and goofier than those on Bazooka Tooth. There’s something reminiscent of both Rob Zombie and Parliament-Funkadelic in the beat to “Number Nine.” Meanwhile, “Winners Take All” feels like Aes taking over a John Carpenter soundtrack, and “Zodiaccupuncture” sports crisp trance bass drops underneath synthesized guitar licks. Aes offers a more relaxed flow in this set of tracks than either record flanking this EP, although he does pull some real gravitas out of his chest for “Food, Clothes, Medicine.” The takeaway cut here is the syncopated rattle of “Rickety Rackety,” a posse track featuring appearances by El-P and Camu Tao. Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives was released during a pivot in Aes’ career, between one of his oddest releases and one of his strongest, and out of all his EPs it feels the least like a cohesive piece and more like a very short B-sides collection. Maybe that’s why the disc came styled as a circus sideshow pamphlet — it feels more like an oddity than an essential release, even if track-by-track it contains some strong material.