The EP as a whole kind of reminds me of the Water disc from Thrice' Alchemy Index. I like it a lot, although I do wish it were a little more guitar driven.
Also I think Rise may have no meant to send the full EP out with the pre-orders. I just got a secondary email saying the download has been updated, and then when you download the updated link, it's a word document saying "you'll get the digital order the day of release".
OOOOOOOPS.