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COLD CAVE - Passion Depression - Vinyl (LP)
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9am-6pm GMT, Mon-Sat COLD CAVE Passion Depression Heartworm Press US limited black ice glitter vinyl LP + insert Cat: HEARTWORM 111
Rel: 4 Nov 24
Coldwave/Synth Side 1 - Track 1. She Reigns DownSide 1 - Track 2. Shadow DanceSide 1 - Track 3. BlackberriesSide 1 - Track 4. HourglassSide 2 - Track 1. Siren SongSide 2 - Track 2. EverlastingSide 2 - Track 3. Holy RoadSide 2 - Track 4. Octavia
LA-based coldwave solo act Cold Cave present their very latest EP 'Passion Depression', a deathly gothic new EP portending the grisly end, and yet also a fortuitous beginning. Where depression is a pathology of unritualised mourning, and yet also is the stigmatised volte-face of new, better beginnings, so too do does this fulsome synthpop EP teem with both shady omens and gleeful ecstasy. 'She Reigns Down' lays the formula bare, with avariciously sanguine vocals contrasting meanly to 8-bit beats. 'Shadow Dance' plays up the vocal reverb, in breaking contrast to the air-raid sirens and arpy progressions abounding the background. 'Blackberries' and 'Hourglass' continue to bulge with synth-popped gloom, yet also reveal a bitter revelation of vampiric desire on the part of the artist - "I want it all" - despite the closing note of bittersweet triumph.
