CAVE
Neverendless
Drag City
Cave’s third album sees them
rigidly adhere to the Neu! motorik template to create a listenable, if flawed,
work. Across five long tracks they pair space rock with drone-y flourishes to
enliven the largely instrumental jams.
Krautish inspiration isn’t the only thing present here
though, with hints of slacker-style riffing, Stereolab-type pop influences and
noise-rock outbursts. Underpinning the band’s sound is incredibly metronomic
drum work played with a precision that makes you first assume they employ a
German cyborg on sticks duty.
Much of the album is deliberately repetitive though many
of the riffs just aren’t good enough to stand up to such tactics and quickly
become tedious. This isn’t a bad collection of songs; it just lacks any spark
to truly take it into the higher realms. All in all this makes for a pleasant
diversion rather than the head-spinning trip the band presumably intended.
Austin Matthews
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