Cave Singers -‘Welcome Joy’ (Matador)
So, a year after
their debut (in the UK, at any rate) Invitation Songs, last year’s 17 Seconds’ album of the year, the Cave Singers unleash their sophomore debut on the world.
In some ways, this album suffers from being the sophomore album; not because it isn’t very good, it’s absolutely brilliant –
but because it doesn’t carry with it the same level of surprise that their debut did last year. However, there is still the same level of ‘wow’ – t
hat of punk-rockers discovering the American folk songbook and coming at it in their own sweet way to produce another excellent set of songs, from those that may you wanna sway to tho
se that make you want to stomp.
‘Beach House’ and ‘At the Cut,’ the
two mp3s that have been circulating for free for a while now, give an excellent idea of what this album is like. PLaying it yet again, there’s a great sense of warmth and
indeed a very welcome joy from listening to t
his album.
I await with interest to see how they will develop for album no.3
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Welcome Joy is out now on Matador.
Cave Singers’ myspace/The Cave Singers blog
Cave Singers -‘Beach House.’ mp3
Cave Singers – ‘At The Cut.’ mp3
And from Invitation Songs…