Caveman

This past weekend i went road trippin across the midwest. Naturally, before leaving, I packed up the man pod with a bunch of albums that I've been meaning to listen to. My listening queue is back logged like a motherfucker and all the time spent in the car would be a good thing, right?

Wrong.

And I blame Del.

Fucking Del sent me Caveman's new self-titled album. I thought that I'd check it out because he was all high on the song In the City. He claimed, and I quote, 'The song's sound oozes a haunted coolness that I want to bottle and spritz on my balls.' Thems some strong words! TRUST ME. DEL ONLY SAYS THAT ABOUT RYAN GOSSLING'S CHARACTER IN DRIVE.

Anyhoo....I popped in the album and it sucked me into a timeless vortex of climax inducing synth only to spit me out two days later. I must have listened to this album 10 times last weekend...and all the other albums i queued up got pushed off once again.

First, let me say that Caveman is a perfect name for this band because it totes matches their aesthetic. BUT I'm not talking about the knuckle draggers most associate the term with.....you know: Republicans. I'm talking about a literal man in a cave....who fucking saaaaaangs.

These reverby vocals bounce off all the rocky walls, stalagmites, bat shit and whatever-the-fuck else you can find in a cave. And the wave of sound that finally reaches your ear is cold and moist like a ghost's wet willy.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

And bro, it's not only the vocals. That lush, phasing synth swirls around you and the drums are hypnotizing. Everything captures an essence that is almost ominously foreshadowing. For example, my favorite song, Over My Head, sounds like a pleasurable sexual experience that will only result in regret and trouble. It's the type of shit you'd hear in a movie....like when Tom Cruise is fucking Rebecca DeMornay on the train in Risky Business. Caveman are somehow able to create that "Tangerine Dream-like suspense," but with a thicker and more modern sound.

....And it SO works.

Check it out and see for yourself.