Cold cave though gothy new wave act cold cave are marked by a pitchblack aesthetic from the jackets, to the sunglasses, to the um prosthetic limbs mastermind wesley eisold tells ian cohen. Recorded with chris coady, cold caves second album is a tourdeforce of pounding synths and soaring romantic melody. If you want to listen to good, well made, well produced new wave electro music, i sincerely recommend this. Anyone can relate to his themes as theyre based on love, youth, faith, despair. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Cold cave full cold moon white longsleeve deathwish. Listen free to cold cave cherish the light years the great pan is dead, pacing around the church and more. The album currently holds a 71 out of 100 rating on metacritic. At the time, a wide spectrum of bands often rubbed elbows, both on mix tapes and live shows. Cold cave the great pan is dead mp3 perfect news for weather like today. Third pressing back in stock on white vinyl in an edition of 500 copies.
Cold cave, however, do not have their roots in the poppy synthpop tradition, are much closer allied to the cold wave branch of synthpop new wave, and have tinges of punk rock and electronic body music. Love of the dark romanticism and glitter and doom of. It is the result of a career wellspent cherish the light years being a title that one can only hope applies to metaphorical creative distance that eisold has trotted to achieve this statement of an album. Cold cave is the nycbased brainchild of wesley eisold, who fancies himself the poster child of 21st century nihilism. Anyway, in april cherish the lightyears is going to be released, and if in 2011 nothing exceptional happens, this second cold cave full length will be my favourite record of the year. Dont be surprised if you cant recognize cold cave when the groups new album cherish the light years starts in media res, pounding you over the head from the getgo with a startling blast of. The following year cold cave issued the sophomore studio album cherish the light years on matador records. Nov 15, 20 cold cave cherish the light years 2011 genre. Cherish the light years leadoff slugger the great pan is dead will be hard to eclipse not only by the rest of the album, but by just about any other song this year. Cold cave cherish the light years 2011 ahhhh so excited for this.
Cutting his teeth in underground bands american nightmare give up the ghost and some girls, eisolds body of work has truly affected a generation of listeners. Cold cave cherish the light years mediafire music download. Cold cave is the creative rebirth of acclaimed musician and writer wesley eisold. The album was released by matador records on 12 vinyl, cd, and digital formats. Cold cave is the darkwave and synthpop act of wesley eisold, a former hardcore vocalist based in philadelphia, pennsylvania. The reliably great shadowy synthpop band cold cave havent put out a proper album since 2011s cherish the light years, but they have been trickling out songs at a respectable pace, some of which were compiled into 2014s full cold. Cold cave cherish the light years releases discogs. On their new matador release, cherish the light years, love is here. Cold cave stateexpanded to show the template expanded, i.
Cold cave cherish the light years 2011, digipak, cd discogs. Not necessarily a download code, but one of my favourite artists, skinshape, is giving his digital discography away for free over easter weekend. Cold cave are back with their second album on matador, cherish the light years, out april 5. Songmeanings is a place for discussion and discovery. Owing heavy debt to dour 80s postpunk, cherish the light years comes just behind the times, huffing and puffing in the midst of what may or may not be a 90s revival. May 21, 2014 cold cave full cold moon 2014 october 23, 20 cold cave nausea, the earth and me 20 april 3, 20 cold cave god made the world 20. Headed by wes eisold and bolstered by a brace of session musicians, their latest album was recorded in a proper studio and therefore has a nearexponential increase in production values since cremations, and even love comes close, but, youll be glad to know, has lost none of their.
Cold cave cherish the light years cd cold cave cherish the light years lp da. Despite its sunny title, cold cave sounds similarly flustered on its sophomore lp. Mar 02, 2011 the best dark wave and goth music albums 19802019 5000 subs special duration. Cold cave statecollapsed to show the template collapsed, i. On what the potential sonic direction of the new album, eisold said it would be a mix between some of the bigger sounds on cherish and more minimal stuff im. Cold cave cherish the light years musicians friend. Cold cave is the experimental musical project of wesley eisold based in new york city and originating in philadelphia, whose music is described as a collage of darkwave, noise, and synth pop. As it is, hes american with relatively little being said about him and nick zinner and daryl palumbo playing on his record, so he might just get away with it. Cold cave is intended as something of a genre relaunch due to the absence or relative small amount of new goth rock bands currently in existence, and much of cold cave s signature sound is borrowed from classic postpunk like joy division and the cure, as well as some. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Cold cave s debut album, love comes close, was so strong and original, so filled with heartstopping songs built around hissing electronics and dancefloorready beats, that it must have been hard for wes eisold and caralee mcelroy to think about bettering it. Last year, cold cave dropped a phenomenal album and single called love comes close.
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In july 2011, cold cave remixed the song i didnt see it coming, by belle and sebastian. Cold cave cherish the light years 2011, digipak, cd. It manages to unite power, corruption and liesera new order, late 70s scott walker, and the dark stadium pop of midperiod depeche mode, with the sensibilities of artists like lcd soundsystem and the national. Cherish the light years is the second studio album from the american band cold cave, released in april 2011 on matador records.
Cherish the light years, an album by cold cave on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Licensed to youtube by merlin beggars on behalf of matador. Cold cave is intended as something of a genre relaunch due to the absence or relative small amount of new goth rock bands currently in existence, and much of cold cave s signature sound is borrowed from classic postpunk like joy division and the cure, as well as some darker classic synthpop such as depeche mode. Through constant crosspollination eisold has gained mass appeal, influencing underground and popular culture with his ever evolving artistic vision. Love of brilliantly programmed drums, glittery synth sequences and catchy lyrical phrasing. Cold cave began working on its third studio album and follow up to cherish the light years tentatively titled sunflower in 20, and a release date in 2014 was originally anticipated. Give him a try, i think a lot of you will dig his sound. So a new record by cold cave was something i definetely wished for, but nothing i desperately hoped and waited for. Cold cave releasing cherish the light years, touring. Cold cave cherish the light years matador 109212 released on april 5, 2011. Despite these changes and the inherent challenges of the followup, cherish the light years.
Cold cave cherish the light years 2011, vinyl discogs. Cold cave cherish the light years matador 2011 cherish the light years was released on april 5, 2011. Cold cave cherish the light years 2011 cold cave are an experimental electronic pop group from philadelphia and new york city who make melodic synthscapes with jackhammer beats. Cherish the light years was released on april 5, 2011. Three songs written, recorded and performed by wesley eisold. Cold cave cherish the light years lyrics songmeanings. They said the meek shall inherit the earth oh god that seems like so much work i want to sing and dream and drink and cry and let this night pass me by take me to the.
It manages to unite power, corruption and liesera new order. This sense of disbelief comes with the fact that debut love comes close was a slightly patchy. Cold cave cherish the light years 2011 download by. Cold cave tickets cold cave concert tickets and tour. They acknowledge the dark roots of synthesizer music as well as its potential for making the brightest pop with their hard songs celebrating the contradictory. Through constant crosspollination eisold has gained mass appeal, influencing underground and popular. As cold cave s popularity increases, so do his performances. Wonderfully soothing music for these stressful times.
If cold cave were british with a hint of hype or burgeoning sense of wider popularity about them, eisold would probably be getting it from all angles about now. After parting ways with matador, cold cave s wesley eisold has said that his bands last lp, cherish the light years, is the cold cave i cant stand to hear. Features song lyrics for cold cave s cherish the light years album. Cherish the lights years is the boldest statement yet from one of our very favourite bands, cold cave. What happened is the only thing i can think throughout the first few listens of cold cave s second album, with every subsequent spin less an opportunity to further digest than an effort to doublecheck if things really are as palpably awful as they seemed the last listen around. It may be hard to believe that wes eisold once shredded his vocal chords as front man of celebrated hardcore band give up the ghost, but understanding his roots in the early to mid00s scene is the single most important aspect for coming to terms with the music that he creates as cold cave. Mar 16, 2015 cherish the light years licensed to youtube by beggars on behalf of matador. This record, the second under the cold cave banner, never feels like a. Cherish the light years is a remarkable progression both from cold caves acclaimed debut love comes close and the discordant, industrial skeletons on the. Recorded with chris coady beach house, yeah yeah yeahs, cold cave s second album is a tourdeforce of pounding synths and soaring romantic melody. It may be hard to believe that wes eisold once shredded his vocal chords as front man of celebrated hardcore band give up the ghost, but. Complete your purchase to save the mp3 version to your music library. Cold cave cherish the light years catacombs youtube. Carson, california dignity health sports park sep 12 sep 12 2020.
Cold cave oceans with no end black tshirt deathwish. Cherish the light years by cold cave released in 2011 via matador. Cherish the light years is, apparently, the record frontman wesley eisold always wanted to make. By that token, cold caves sophomore album, cherish the light years, absolutely teems. Cherish the light years can i start by saying that 80s synthpop revival is not restricted to the uk and western europe. Full cold moon cd compilation nausea, the earth and me digital single black boots 7. In april 2011, cold cave released a second album, cherish the light years, on matador records. Cold cave cherish the light years lyrics and tracklist genius. But on cherish, cold cave sound like theyre storming the gates of the mainstream, ready to appeal to anyone with an ear for big, bold, gothpop. Single cherish the light years cdlp new morale leadership cassette life magazine remix 12. Wes was always a brilliant lyricistpoet but cold cave is such a perfect medium for him. It marks eisolds first proper release since 2016s the idea of love. Whether its a result of record store mining or a reaction to the entrylevel guitarrock of their forbearers, the textural, synthdriven miasma of some of postpunks underdogs have been paid an unlikely tribute and the quality of cold caves offering cherish the light years is certainly worthy of its influences. Recorded with chris coady, cold cave s second album is a tourdeforce of pounding synths and soaring romantic melody.