CAVE

“At their best, Chicago's Cave boil down familiar but disparate branches of psychedelic rock into a sludgy yet nimble whole” – Pitchfork

Chicago psych-rockers Cave bring their energetic, instrumental grooves to New Zealand for the first time this December. Formed in 2006, Cave have become masters of slow-burning, relentless build-ups of sound that climax in euphoric releases of hypnotic rhythms. The quartet have the uncanny ability to transport the listener from the comfort of bright, uplifting keyboard melodies and head-nodding beats, to high-energy, cacophonous jams.

“When Cave steps on the gas and keeps driving forward … the sense of infinite open space is awe-inspiring” – The A.V. Club

The band’s hypnotic third album, ‘Neverendless’, released in November 2011, continues in this vein. Each track is a sonic expedition, exploring uncharted territory while maintaining the band’s commitment to a dynamic and ever-shifting sound. Cave will flirt with the trippy before exploding with a maze of fuzzy guitar riffs that make the next generation of garage punk bands green with envy.

And on October 18, Cave continue to carve out their chaotic, rhythmic niche with their fourth record, ‘Threace’. Unlike the group’s previous efforts, ‘Threace’ is a purely instrumental record that sees the band dabbling in jazz-inflected rhythms while building on their reputation as masters of driving, exotic meditations and crescendos that crash like tidal waves.

“‘Threace’ is a throbbing, incandescent trance-rock opus that makes repetition seem like the most worthwhile strategy ever strategized” – The Stranger

NZ Dates

Thursday 28th November, Space Monster, Whanganui
Friday 29th November, Mighty Mighty, Welllington
Saturday 30th November, Whammy Bar, Auckland

Presales available for Wellington and Auckland from Undertheradar and usual outlets (Whanganui = doorsales only).