★★★★★
Goto commentsLeave a commentShareFreed You may not be familiar with The Cave Singers, but one listen to their latest release, Naomi, and that will surely change. Formed by post-punker Pretty Girls Make Graves member Derek Fudesco, the four piece in The Cave Singers partnered up with producer Phi Ek (Modest Mouse, Fleet Foxes) to bring a more mature and refined sound to the album. So long are the days of back porch banjo sessions, although we're sure to see its influence...
- www.mxdwn.com
2013-04-18
★★★★★
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Peter Quirk, frontman of the Seattle indie-folk outfit, The Cave Singers, has a nasally gravel through a wind-tunnel voice that seems forged by the Pacific Northwest. Quirk was previously in the punk band Hint Hint, and other members split time between Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Murder City Devils and Cobra High...
- prettymuchamazing.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Before Naomi, my only prior acquaintance with the Cave Singers had been their debut LP Invitation Songs (2007), a pleasing slice of rustic fingerpicked folk that aside from a few production touches stood resolutely out of time. So imagine my surprise when I started digging into their new full-length from Jagjaguwar and happened upon an unexpected revelation: these guys have discovered how to rock...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Despite its relatively small radius, Seattle's music scene is close-knit, yet eclectic. The Cave Singers' fourth full-length album, Naomi, not only features a new band member--Morgan Henderson of Blood Brothers and Fleet Foxes fame--but was recorded by Phil Ek, who has also recorded Fleet Foxes, Built To Spill and other once-Washingtonians like Band of Horses and Modest Mouse, at his Avast Studios...
- filtermagazine.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Music Reviews
The Cave Singers Naomi
(Jagjaguwar)
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The Cave Singers formed from the remains of Pretty Girls Make Graves, and have found a niche in the stripped-down, soft rocking folk that has been perfected by the likes of Bon Iver and The Tallest Man On Earth.
On Naomi, their fourth full-length album, the group presents a batch of highly competent folk rock...
- www.noripcord.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Band photo by Kyle Johnson
The Cave Singers' members all started in post-punk and hardcore bands like Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hint Hint and Cobra High, which makes their Pacific Northwest brand of rootsy folk-rock worthy of a raised eyebrow. But four albums into a solid career, the Seattle group has long moved past the comparisons, focusing instead on consistently releasing catchy records and delivering exciting live shows...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Remember back in 2004? We were beginning to recover from the shock of indie's regeneration after a decade dominated by grunge, nu-metal and pop-punk; Bright Eyes, Death Cab, and a whole host of other bands featured on The OC's soundtracks, were dominant. Seattle quartet Cave Singers' brand of warm, somewhat earnest indie-folk harks back to that West Coast golden age, and the tradition of sun-drenched, mellow guitar-centric indie...
- drownedinsound.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Between the steady, slightly scratchy vocals of Pete Quirk, the generally upbeat songs and the lyrics which traverse an emotional landscape that's as broad as the Asian landscape, the latest release from The Cave Singers is an all around compelling effort. The band shines a light on topics as grandiose as the notion of God ("Canopy"), but also zeroes in on simple pleasures in the appropriately titled "Karen's Car...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2013-03-11
★★★★★
Since the release of their third album (2011's No Witch), this Seattle band has expanded to a foursome with the addition of Morgan Henderson (Blood Brothers, Fleet Foxes). The band's fourth full-length was produced by Phil Ek, and he provides them with a brighter, more easy-flowing sound featuring ringing guitars along with some tropical-flavored rhythms and occasional harmonica and flute accompanying Pete Quirk's reedy vocals on smartly crafted songs that never overstay their welcome.
- kexp.org
2013-02-15
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