Name: No Witch
Brand: The Cave Singers

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

jag176lp

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2011-02-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

jag176cd

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Cave Singers

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

the cave singers spend a good deal of time beyond the darkened edges of seattle, in the mist and mystic, among the wolves and redwoods. and their songs, at least on record, have always been like beautiful, faded grayscale photos of this hinterland. now, these photos are injected with hot blood and technicolour, a ferocity and bite we've yet to see from the band. 'no witch' is the cave singers' rock record. laid to tape with dark wizard producer randall dunn (black mountain, sunn o))), boris), 'no witch' is grander and more lush than the cave singers' previous efforts. it's also a nervier, scrappier affair: greasy guitars buck and rear up; eastern-influenced blues snake through songs; gospel choirs rise up like tidal waves. there are big, grinning nods to beggars banquet-era stones, the best of mellencamp ('clever creatures') and the juke joint legends of mississippi like junior kimbrough and rl burnside ('black leaf' and 'no prosecution if we bail'). of course, it's all filtered through that particular, magical cave singers formula: pete quirk's reedy, behind-the-beat delivery and existential wordplay, derek fudesco's lyrical guitar runs and drummer marty lund's no nonsense rhythms. 'no witch' is a newfound sheen to the aura that made the cave singers' music so special to begin with. all told, there's treasure to be found here for the biker gang weekender, the double rainbow chaser and all that falls in the valley between them.

No Witch

Music GB