Post by Kevin on Jul 9, 2003 10:57:50 GMT -5
El Caco – Solid Rest
Review by: Kevin McHugh
Black Balloon Records
Release date: Available now
‘Sold Rest’ is the second full-length by these Norwegian stoners, and its harder, heavier, and better than their first, the excellent ‘Viva.’ El Caco (“the thief”) has combined the tight musicianship resulting from over 10 years of dueling bass and guitar collaboration with a wide diversity of influences spanning several decades. The result is a sense-bending barrage of stonerriffic sound that will burn your synapses until your brain resembles the mummified animal on the album cover.
The Caco dudes have absorbed some of the tastiest music of the past and made it their own. Influences range from the Cure to classic hard rock like Zep and Kiss to 90s grunge to Sabbath to Tool, but the desert (in the form of Kyuss and QOTSA) is always in the driver’s seat. I think the opener, ‘Marionette,’ points the way to El Caco’s future, with its engaging, Sabbathy melody and rough, almost sludgey vox contrasted with the clean vocals in the chorus. The song’s structure is enough to put you in mind of Masters of Reality’s heavier moments. ‘A Nice Day’ charts the territory where Tool, Kyuss, and Led Zep meet, and who would have thought it would be so catchy? One of the most interesting tunes is ‘Suffocate,’ which sounds like nothing so much as Sweden’s Awesome Machine, with maybe a bit of Honcho or the like thrown in. Yeah, its got that contemporary Scandinavian stoner groove to it.
In fact, there’s no shortage of stoned, groovy tuneage on this baby. This tasty disc is simply dripping with it. Give me some of whatever they’re on, waiter, and give it to me now!
Review by: Kevin McHugh
Black Balloon Records
Release date: Available now
‘Sold Rest’ is the second full-length by these Norwegian stoners, and its harder, heavier, and better than their first, the excellent ‘Viva.’ El Caco (“the thief”) has combined the tight musicianship resulting from over 10 years of dueling bass and guitar collaboration with a wide diversity of influences spanning several decades. The result is a sense-bending barrage of stonerriffic sound that will burn your synapses until your brain resembles the mummified animal on the album cover.
The Caco dudes have absorbed some of the tastiest music of the past and made it their own. Influences range from the Cure to classic hard rock like Zep and Kiss to 90s grunge to Sabbath to Tool, but the desert (in the form of Kyuss and QOTSA) is always in the driver’s seat. I think the opener, ‘Marionette,’ points the way to El Caco’s future, with its engaging, Sabbathy melody and rough, almost sludgey vox contrasted with the clean vocals in the chorus. The song’s structure is enough to put you in mind of Masters of Reality’s heavier moments. ‘A Nice Day’ charts the territory where Tool, Kyuss, and Led Zep meet, and who would have thought it would be so catchy? One of the most interesting tunes is ‘Suffocate,’ which sounds like nothing so much as Sweden’s Awesome Machine, with maybe a bit of Honcho or the like thrown in. Yeah, its got that contemporary Scandinavian stoner groove to it.
In fact, there’s no shortage of stoned, groovy tuneage on this baby. This tasty disc is simply dripping with it. Give me some of whatever they’re on, waiter, and give it to me now!