The Cave Singers
Dancing On Our Graves

The Cave Singers’ stock continues to rise with another fine single.

Taken from highly praised LP, Invitation Songs comes Dancing On Our Graves; a song that rattles along thanks to military styled snare rolling, thudding bass drum and vocal harmonies that throw up connotations of a small community chapel in the Deep South of the USA.

The religious sentiment doesn’t stop there, with Pete Quirk confessing that “Oh Lord, I know what I’ve done / And Oh Lord, I ain’t afraid.” It’s an extremely compelling piece of music that in keeping with the rest of their debut album Invitation Songs is sparse and simple in its construction, but still manages to sound sprawling and vast.

B-sides Belmar and Backyards reaffirm the idea by being distinctly lo-fi in their production and minimal in their musical depth. This result in turn mimics The White Stripes’ most monaural-themed moments. Even though they’re both distinctly B-side in their musical construction, they both carry their own charm and personality that is often lapse in today’s hit parade.

Where Belmar uses foot stomps to keep the beat in check, Backyards uses the percussive route, with a tambourine and either a rim of a snare or tabletop being used to snap a bouncy beat. What they do have in common is the looping guitar that made Helen and New Monuments such mesmerising tunes on their full-length.

As other, louder, abrasive artists take the centre stage; take solace in the fact that The Cave Singers are quietly tearing the roof off without losing their modesty.  

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   Released: 25th February 08
   Label: Matador
  
   By Rob Stares
   From Luton
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