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Album Review: Caravels’ ‘Caravels’

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7″s these days almost seem more important than your full length albums. Well at least in the hardcore/punk community. Caravels have released their first 7″ with Topshelf Records this past month only four months since their first “official” EP “Floorboards”. Is their 7″ just as good as their EP? Read past the break for my review! 

The 7″ clocks in at just about eight minutes long and I have to say it left me wanting more. The two songs that are on it are enjoyable and in no way boring. The songs are raw and have awesome lyrics to match the tone of the songs. In the opening line to the first song “Dream Beaver” the singer comes out screaming “If I could wipe the grime away / I’d leave the rest just the same / I’d find a way to skew what’s left / to make it seem it’s for the best.” After that I was hooked. 
 
The one thing I kept noticing was how pure the songs were. They didn’t seem forced and all of the instruments sounded awesome. For how desperate the tone of the songs are and the lyrics that compliment them you’d think it was the band’s last stand.  On the B side the singer says “It was a mess, but it was ours, it wasn’t emptiness / It was a mess, but it was ours, it was ours to fix.” is the perfect example of this desperation. 
This 7″ reminded of Thursday during their “Full Collapse” era and that is no way a bad thing. The gentlemen in this band have some talent that should not go unnoticed and I will admit the songs on here might be some of my favorites to come out this year. With that being said I encourage you to spend the $5.00 on an awesome band and pick up their 7″. You can pick it up HERE from Topshelf Records. 
4.5 out of 5 skulls
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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April 9, 2024

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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