Cold Cave
Tue 4 Aug 2009
Exploding Plastic Reinventable
At this year’s No Fun Festival in New York, curator Carlos Giffoni pulled out a rather controversial wild card, allowing several synth-oriented pop bands to join the usual noise band line-up. It led to some music critics suggesting that new-wave has returned, entering the noise scene the same way it did 30 years ago when punk rock started to evolve.
One of the bands responsible for the new new-wave suggestion was Cold Cave, a Philadelphia synth pop band led by former Some Girls and American Nightmare member Wesley Eisold. Eisold is joined by Caralee McElroy (Xiu Xiu), Dominick Fernow (Prurient), author Jack G. Morten and J. Benoit. But despite being labelled within the synth pop genre, Cold Cave still has an element of noise, coming from machines rather than guitars. It’s hardly a pioneering move in musical history, however in certain circles deeply attached to their instruments the move signals a drastic change.
A lot of Cold Cave’s songs have all the elements of noise rock, others have a synth sound that is definitely more pop. The band’s debut LP Love Comes Close, is by no means a pioneering album, many of the songs borrow heavily from industrial post-punk bands like Throbbing Gristle and Suicide, carrying a clogged up drain of drone and synth riffs. Others possess more simple keyboard riffs, adhering more to DIY disco. Either way, Cold Cave’s music is as classic as many bands’ from the past, recreating much of the noise and abrasiveness that came with the introduction of synth into punk music.
The album can be purchased from Insound in both CD and vinyl formats.
Cold Cave- The Laurels Of Erotomania: MP3
Posted by Nick Fulton under U.S.A
August 4th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
hate to do this but, its Some Girls not ‘Sun Girls’. He was also in XO Skeletons
August 5th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Noise? insensitive bastards, that’s poor old Eisold trying his hand at playing keyboard!