Deftones pt.2 - 4/5
Cauls is a band that has the influence of Deftones screaming out of their sophomore Ep – ep2. The Newcastle foursome have combined this influence to a vastly surreal atmosphere that shrouds the EP, and to be honest it actually scares the living shit out of me.
‘Whistler’ opens the EP with an extremely surreal and warped sound that sways before exploding in your eardrums, with many thanks to Chris McManus pounding away at the drums and Michael Marwood’s pretty scary vocal delivery – not to be taken in a bad light. ‘No Motion’ is a track hell bent on a mission to decimate your hearing, from the quiet guitar of Graham Norris before rupturing into a sonic wall of pleasurable noise of a band hell bent on world domination. Halfway through, the band decide to vaguely slow down with the obviously Deftones inspired ‘Iris Brickfield’ with some twisted lyrics and yet another eerie vocal delivery where bassist Andrew McCaffery takes charges with the exquisite changes of his bass lines. ‘The Durande’ settles everything down with a climatic instrumental that is soothing and rather reminiscent to BMTH’s ‘memorial’, but the air of creepiness that shields the track makes you want to know what is the monster on the other side which happens to be the eight minute epic ‘Ahsonnutli’. It’s crushing, it’s scary and it kicks untold quantity of ass from its spooky intro before blasting into Michael’s vocals and a vast array of ideas that turn it into a classic.
Their sophomore EP leaks out Deftones influence from left, right and center which can kill the tone of the songs, yet Cauls manage to wield it more as a crushing power that pummels your eardrums and makes you want to go crazy. It’s jam packed of crushing riffs and pounding drums that makes you want to pay attention whilst making you want to shit yourself and cower under a rock at exactly the same time…
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‘Whistler’ opens the EP with an extremely surreal and warped sound that sways before exploding in your eardrums, with many thanks to Chris McManus pounding away at the drums and Michael Marwood’s pretty scary vocal delivery – not to be taken in a bad light. ‘No Motion’ is a track hell bent on a mission to decimate your hearing, from the quiet guitar of Graham Norris before rupturing into a sonic wall of pleasurable noise of a band hell bent on world domination. Halfway through, the band decide to vaguely slow down with the obviously Deftones inspired ‘Iris Brickfield’ with some twisted lyrics and yet another eerie vocal delivery where bassist Andrew McCaffery takes charges with the exquisite changes of his bass lines. ‘The Durande’ settles everything down with a climatic instrumental that is soothing and rather reminiscent to BMTH’s ‘memorial’, but the air of creepiness that shields the track makes you want to know what is the monster on the other side which happens to be the eight minute epic ‘Ahsonnutli’. It’s crushing, it’s scary and it kicks untold quantity of ass from its spooky intro before blasting into Michael’s vocals and a vast array of ideas that turn it into a classic.
Their sophomore EP leaks out Deftones influence from left, right and center which can kill the tone of the songs, yet Cauls manage to wield it more as a crushing power that pummels your eardrums and makes you want to go crazy. It’s jam packed of crushing riffs and pounding drums that makes you want to pay attention whilst making you want to shit yourself and cower under a rock at exactly the same time…
www.facebook.com/caulsband