CAVE IN REUNION! CAVE IN REUNION! CAVE IN REUNION!!!
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 at 11:31am by Vince Neilstein
[UPDATE: The band has posted an official update clarifying the matter.]
It was inevitable, right?
MetalSucks Maniac Scott Reisher sent in a now-defunct link from the Boston Phoenix announcing that the classic Jupiter-era lineup has reunited for a new vinyl-only EP, to be called Planets of Old, which will see a July release through Hydra Head Records.
The fact that the Boston Phoenix story is now down is worth noting; perhaps someone leaked info prematurely or perhaps all the facts weren’t straight. A Lambgoat report corroborates the above news but also cites the pulled Phoenix link as a source.
So, assuming this news is true, it begs the question:
What will new Cave In sound like? A return to Until Your Heart Stops-era metallicized hardcore seems highly unlikely, and frankly uninteresting for a band who have progressed so much over the years. Jupiter / Antenna-era atmosphericore would be nice but the band doesn’t seem eager to revisit an era marked my major label strife and turmoil. That leaves us with the stoney rawk-core of 2005’s Perfect Pitch Black as the only likely reference point for what Cave In could sound like in 2009. But four years later, are Cave In really likely to revisit any style they’ve already done? Here’s a band who have changed markedly from album to album and have never once repeated themselves. Let’s expect — and hope — for a completely new era of Cave In starting this July.
Enough with the so-so side projects… new Cave In this year!!
-VN
These guys are pretty good, jupiters a very cool album. Im always totally conflicted though weather or not i like the vocals.I guess it depends on the album
HOO-RAY!
:D
Here are some details about the Cave In show:
July 19 @ Great Scott in Allston – Cave In, Phantom Glue, Disappearer (200 tickets available)
http://www.massconcerts.com/allshows.html – tickets at ticketweb
FUCKING SYKED!!!!!
you know, if you guys just paid attention to the best heavy news site ever (THE PRP), you would have known about the show the NON-reunion show TWO DAYS AGO
and you ask what the new stuff will sound like, but once again, if you read the prp, you would have saw the phoenix article last night before it was pulled and their descriptions of 3 of the tracks
and i wouldnt read too much into the story being taken down, they noted at the end that they were trying to get the ok to post a mp3, so maybe that happened and they just wanted to post it all together fresh
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Cave-In prep new EP, book Boston reunion show
Posted at 03:54 by Carly Carioli
Boston indie-metal legends CAVE-IN have reconvened the group’s Jupiter-era lineup and recorded a new vinyl-only EP which will be out in July; the band will play its first show together at a release party for the record on July 19 at Great Scott in Allston.
The new Planets of Old EP contains four tracks recorded with famed producer Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Hole, Pixies) at Cambridge’s Camp Street Studios. We’re listening to it right now and it kicks a million pounds of ass per square inch.
On their first material since 2005’s Perfect Pitch Black, the band sounds as if its willing to follow, collectively, the divergent paths its members have taken in the interim. “Cayman Tongue” torques into the sludgy, screamy territory that Caleb Scofield’s been exploring in Zozobra; “The Redtrail” could still get them gigs at the VFW-hall hardcore gigs where they started (and wouldn’t feel too violently out of place in Adam McGrath’s other band, Clouds). Elsewhere, the band dives deeper into the spirit, if not the form, of classic metal — especially on Steven Brodsky’s “Retina Sees Rewind,” one of the better 21st-century Sabbath updates we’ve heard in a while.
OTD is in negotiations with the powerful Hydrahead Recordings conglomorate to bring you an mp3 teaser from this historic recording. More soon . . .
Holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy shit holy SHIT.
http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2009/04/29/update-cave-in-prep-new-ep-book-boston-reunion-show.aspx
NOTE: We ended up taking this post down this morning because it turns out we weren’t supposed to spill the beans about the EP. Oops. In any case, it’s too late now so with HH’s permission we’re putting it back up. Also, Steve Brodksy emailed us to correct the producer credits — so if you’re one of the metal sites that linked to the old post, please note the clarification below.
Interview with Steve Brodsky about ending the hiatus can be found here:
http://bostonist.com/2009/05/08/post_11.php