Showing posts with label Caught In The Wake Forever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caught In The Wake Forever. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

EP Review: Caught In The Wake Forever - All The Hurt That Hinders Home

Caught In The Wake Forever released this EP in 2011.  It opens with Recorded With You In Mind, a slow, melancholic, sparse tune where different elements are added gradually, creating something of a symphonic effect.  The rest of the EP is mostly in line with this: Fragments Turn To Dust opens with a scratchy guitar, Mount Batten Ferry adds piano to the recorded sounds of a Geiger counter.  I Have Nothing Left To Give You and For Those Left Along The Way use a droning keyboard to frame the deftly plucked guitar and piano.
 
And when you tire of these, there are remixes of each track, which bring something new to the table in each instance.  The standout of these is the Jonnie Common remix of I Have Nothing Left To Give You Anymore, which adds incongruous electronic effects.  If you like ambient music, Fraser McGowan shows an inventive approach throughout this EP.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Least worst 20 albums of 2012


No point in waiting any longer.  I’ve decided to do a top 20 this year of the least worst albums of 2012:

20 Lee Ranaldo – Between the Times and the Tides

19 Paul Buchanan – Mid Air

18 I Like Trains – The Shallows

17 Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas


16 Peter Broderick – www.itstartshear.com


15 Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II


14 Bob Mould – Silver Age


13 The Soulsavers – The Light, The Dead See


12 Seti the First – Melting Cavalry


11 Tindersticks – The Something Rain


10 RM Hubbert – Thirteen Lost & Found

Scotland’s most accomplished guitarist turns in a stellar follow up to First & Last.



9 Dinosaur Jr – I Bet On Sky

J Mascis can still churn out the heavy riffs like nobody else.


8 Sun Kil Moon – Among the Leaves

A Mark Kozelek private joke?  Possibly.  He’s still a damn good guitarist.



7 Dirty Three – Toward the Low Sun

Epic comeback album from the Aussie rockers.


6 Dakota Suite – An Almost Silent Life

A more varied release than usual for Dakota Suite…



5 Mark Eitzel – Don’t Be A Stranger

This album sounds like nothing special at first, but it’s quite an addictive collection of songs, from the most enjoyable whiner in music today.


4 Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Psychedelic Pill

In Driftin’ Back this album has one of the tracks of the year and definitely the longest.



3 Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral

A strong collection of songs from the uber-serious Lanegan.

 

2 Caught In The Wake Forever – Against A Simple Wooden Cross

Not an easy listen.  But what an album.  Debut album of the year.

 

1 The Twilight Sad – No One Can Ever Know

This should have been a wrong move, but the electronic-tinged material is brilliantly cold.  Now if they could just find directions to Ireland…