posted by Jessica on August 7, 2011
Cold Cave at Pitchfork Music Festival 2011. Photo by Jessica Mlinaric.
Post-Pitchfork: Cold Cave
The searing 90-degree weather at Pitchfork Music Festival hardly phased Cold Cave’s post-industrial, new wave sensibility. Outfitted in leather jackets and black denim, the NY-based trio delivered brooding synth beats with fists clenched in the air, inciting a goth-pop dance party without ever breaking a sweat themselves. While Cold Cave’s 2009 breakout single “Life Magazine,” featured a more upbeat electro sound and the trilling vocals of former member Caralee McElroy, founder Wesley Eisold takes the lead on their latest offering, Cherish the Light Years.
The darkly delicate “Confetti,” is an example of the balance between brooding romantic and appetizing pop aesthetic appearing on Cherish the Light Years. The album’s lyrics are every bit as angsty as you remember your new wave favorites, and Eisold’s commanding croon maintains control ranging from understated ache to an intense bravado hinting at his hardcore roots. Cold Cave introduced some welcome danceable darkness to an overly sunny Chicago day, theatrically strutting around the stage and slamming on keyboards in black shades. The audience may have felt transported, but Eisold brought them back to wallowing realism; “Escapism will never work,” he taunted, microphone cord wrapped around his neck, “You should just accept it.”
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August 7th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
[...] I hope everyone in Chicago is having an incredible Lollapalooza weekend! I will be posting Lolla follow-ups soon, but until then enjoy my review of Cold Cave’s performance at last month’s Pitchfork Music Festival, featured on Indieball.com. [...]