Cassels - We Wander In The Night/Rinse And Retreat (Grebo
Records)
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| Cassels - We Wander In The Night/Rinse & Retreat |
A while back the two brothers
that make up Cassels sent me their demo and it got me very, very excited. They
are a duo of noise makers but they had something a little bit special as well
which made it all very interesting. This new double-A side single shows some
development and I'm undecided whether that's for the good or not. First song
'We Wander In The Night' starts with a cacophony of scuzzed up guitars and
cymbals before a choppy, almost punky riff kicks in and suddenly we're off on a
100 mph journey in a beaten up Fiesta. There is bile, there is anger and there
is disdain which you would hope for in a pair of young lads out to show the
world a thing or two but somehow the hook of their previous songs is missing.
'Rinse And Retreat' has a rolling Queens Of The Stoneage style riff intro that
gives way in to a MBV-meets-Pixies-esque wall of guitar noise punctured only by
an intermittently pounding drum beat. There is a melody trying to break through
but I guess that's not the point as these guys are all about the energy and the
lyrical message much like contemporaries Brown Brogues but younger and
skinnier. These guys are still trying new things and testing themselves out
which is just what they should be doing but I guess the age we live in now
means that songs you might find on a dusty demo years later get released via
the internet for everyone to judge. Better than most but with a bit of application
I think they can do even better.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/casselsband?fref=ts
Live Dates:
7th August - Stag & Hounds, St Philips w/Ghost Of The
Avalanche
14th August - Single Launch @ The Garage, London
w/Playlounge + Fawn Spots + Joya + Yung Lean