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Track Listings
| 1. The Great Pan Is Dead |
| 2. Pacing Around the Church |
| 3. Confetti |
| 4. Catacombs |
| 5. Underworld USA |
| 6. Icons of Summer |
| 7. Alchemy and You |
| 8. Burning Sage |
| 9. Villains of the Moon |
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This time around, though, it's the real thing. Cherish the Light Years is, apparently, the record frontman Wesley Eisold always wanted to make. And, boy, does that shine through.
The not-so-straightforward story so far: Eisold spends much of the 2000s getting in the van with spazzed-out US hardcorers American Nightmare and Some Girls, none other than Fall Out Boy infamously half-inching a bunch of his lyrics along the way. Which past aural exhibits do little to unravel Cold Cave, wherein Eisold reboots influences from Scott Walker and the androgynous end of 1990s Britpop into distinctive darkwave pop.
From the crashing, urgently dramatic announcing bars of The Great Pan Is Dead, sheens of gothic 1980s veneer actually conceal something much deeper, more uncomfortable. A nocturnal shot of adrenaline to the heart of a paranoid urban dweller, Eisold's coal-black, almost deadpan delivery booms over synths at times misleadingly bright and airy.
Burning Sage clunks back to industrialist origins, percussion more iron lung than the "black lung" Eisold talks of throughout, while Underworld USA brims over with darkly heartfelt declarations, notably the heart-nudgingly sweet-slash-deranged couplet, "I will love you with all of the love that I have / Even if that means there's none left for me".
As Villains of the Moon heads off danger of lyrical cliché with charcoal-hearted intent – sample lyric: "Do you die in your dreams? / I don't even have them" – you're left with a sensation that this is what the much-maligned cold wave sound should have achieved. But it's Underworld USA that claims the most telling lyric, Eisold imploring somebody – anybody – to "Take me to the future / I'm ready". No need, Cold Cave; you're already outrunning most the competition in that particular direction, with one eye cast approvingly to the past.
--Adam Kennedy
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Wesley Eisold and with his second ablum under the CC banner
there is much to enjoy and a whole lot of retro fun to be had.
Mr Eishold's heart is entwined with the dark spirit of 80's synth
pop but 'Cherish The Light Years' is an album beyond nostalgia;
it is reinvention of the most spirited and imaginative kind.
The nine tracks in this collection sizzle with wit and unbridled
affection for (and understanding of) the genre's foundations.
The tunes are strong; the beats massive; the vocal performances
drolly satisfying. The sparkling density of the arrangements and
production bristle with a wonderfully unbridled boyant energy.
There really isn't one duffer in the bunch. Dip in anywhere and
you're likely to have a big smile on your face in moments. The
nods and knowing over-the-shoulder winks really don't matter one way
or the other. There's a party going on here and I feel like dancing!
'Underworld USA' and 'Catacombs' are both terrific examples of
Mr Eisold's capacity to hold up a mirror to the past and to look
forward at the same time. His passion is palpable; his vision clear.
The totally barmy 'Alchemy and You' currently gets my vote for top track.
The blistering guitar, snarling vocals and topsy-turvy brass intrusions
had Mrs Wolf and I spinning around the cave like whirling dervishes!
(The moody but strangely uplifting final track 'Villains Of The Moon', with
its beautifully constructed chorus, comes in to land a very close second).
Blinking Marvellous!
Electronic-wise (which is my motivation!) there are some excellent tracks; confetti and underworld usa being my current favs. There is also the 80s feel cropping up throughout. I do here myself thinking that bit sounds like Talk-Talk, Cocteaus, Joy Div/New order, Cure (for example) but to me that's a positive. A small amalgam of what's good about those artists together with bags of evident originality is, to me, what makes this an excellent album.
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