Despite me being kind of pissed there’s another ‘cave’ band out there (so CAVE, Nick Cave, Cavedwellers? Not enough?), Caves represent, at their best, what happens when chillwave goes incredibly RIGHT. (I know. Rarely does.) Diggin’ the melodies, sung through a toilet-paper roll, the ace guitars, and the woozy sense of place. Even when a cut begins with an unconvincing beat, once each element is locked into orbit a surprising amount of voltage is packed into Secretly Dead. So fuzzy you want to wipe the glass, but it’s best to let the fresh air slowly defog them. Jesus & Mary Chain>Crocodiles>??? … Nice to hear this much ambition packed into a tape. I used to doubt the underground but these days quality work like this tends to get noticed, or at least proliferated. You just got the Gumshoe bump, boys!
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