Cave’s Hunt Like Devil/JAMZ
Quickly becoming one of my favorites of 2008 is Cave’s Hunt Like Devil (Permanent Records), a thick, knotty and unbelievably heavy dose of post-modern psychedelia and noise.
The title track is the best of the bunch, but clocking in at almost ten minutes, it didn’t make sense to post here. Besides, no reason to give away the whole basket in one toss. “HLD 3″ is one of the heavier tunes on the album, and comes with the most vocals you’ll get of the bunch, too. Shrieking, really. That part of their music reminds me a lot of the ’90s, when Locust was first on the scene and everyone was kind of trying to reinvent Man is the Bastard.
But I don’t want to pigeonhole them, they are not really a ’90s sounding band at all. There are influences from all over: jam bands of the ’60s and ’70s, Led Zeppelin (John Bonham, mostly) and post-hardcore all find a way to slip in. The entire album is unbelievable. I’m not sure I’ve heard a better heavy record all year, except maybe Harvey Milk and Elephant 9.
Anyway, give it a shot if this late night half-ass recommendation is doing anything at all for you.
Recommendation seconded. I picked up the LP/CD package earlier this year and really really like it.