NEW SONG MARKS YET ANOTHER NEW ERA FOR CAVE IN
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 at 2:45pm by Vince Neilstein
Yesterday I Tweeted thusly in a rage of excitement:
Holy crap new CAVE IN single available for purchase!!! http://tinyurl.com/nog86k
In April I reported the imminent Cave In reunion and wondered aloud what new material would sound like. Wonder no more. The new album Planets of Old will be released on 12″ only on July 28th via Hydra Head, and the new single “Retina Sees Rewind” is now available for purchase on iTunes.
So nevermind the facts; is it any good?
The verdict: it sounds just like Cave In, but a whole new era of the band. The new song harkens back to no specific era of Cave In; not the proto-metalcore of Until Your Heart Stops, not the heavy atmospheric space-rock of Jupiter and Antenna, not the post-rock stonerdom of Perfect Pitch Black. It’s something new entirely, which is great because Cave In have never, ever repeated themselves creatively. It’s fast, it’s rockin’ and Steve Brodsky is singing (no screams); and it’s only two and a half minutes long. I’m not sure I really love this song but it’s definitely good, and the verdict is certainly out until the full album becomes available.
-VN
thank you Metalsucks for helping me discover a few new bands this morning with that massive list, this being one of them that I thoroughly enjoyed
Hmmm, definitley more jammy and faster than most older Cave In. I think it is a grower.
FUCK-ING RAD.
Trepanning still fucking gets me excited every time I hear it.
Makes me want to punch hookers in the who ha or what have you
i take it you never heard the cassingle, specifically shapeshifter, cause this song doesnt sound too far off from it
Cave In is the shit! Song is sweet.
Jupiter is still a classic /m/
Too bad the Cave In show sold out before I even knew they were playing…