Kobadelta – The Metaphysical EP
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| Kobadelta - The Metaphysical EP |
Release Date: Out Now
I’m about 10 days late with this,
strictly speaking, but sumptuous Geordie combo Kobadelta have a new EP out this
October and it’s five tracks are really well worth your time and your ears.
Recent single, ‘Hold Yr’self’, is as dark, sticky and lava lamp-esque as ever
it was with that hypnotic melodic refrain weaving in and out of the swirl of
Doors inspired guitars. On ‘Ride by the Light’ the darkness continues but the
guitars take more of a leading role as the tune, pitched somewhere between the
Zutons and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, glides relentlessly after its victim
down a foggy, black and white Victorian street an hour after the last orders
bell was tolled. There is a cinematic quality to the music of Kobadelta that
will appeal to fans of the likes of Nick Cave and Arcade Fire but the
delicious, treacly blackness is more akin to the tar pit that Queens of the
Stone Age crawled from, fully formed, which is a wondrous thing.
‘Bathsheba’ has a slightly more garage feel
about it with the drums urgently pushing things forwards as the bass rolls
relentlessly like the paint in the middle of the road illuminated only by the
single headlight of an old, beaten up motorcycle. I haven’t mentioned the vocals
on this EP yet but the dark, lip curled swagger should, by rights, grace stages
the world over from the dark, seedy bars of the remnants of the UK live music
scene to the sacrificial hipster celebration of Coachella. These rich tones are
particularly evident on the sprawling and expansive ‘Is This The Start Of
Something Beautiful?’ which would easily grace any album by a Josh Homme
project. The EP closes up with ‘You Don’t Need To Ask…’ and the dirty, grungy
guitar sound is back with flavours of My Bloody Valentine and Richard Hawley
all mingling in a huge cauldron of distortion and sexually charged vocal
delivery. Kobadelta truly are a class act with tunes, ideas and (allegedly) a
pretty comprehensive contract with the devil to let them live forever as long
as they keep rocking.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/Kobadelta/?fref=ts
Live Dates:
4th November – EP Launch @ The Head of Steam,
Newcastle
11th November – O2 Academy, Newcastle w/The Doors
Alive