I like it when a band\u2019s name gives you no indication as to what they will sound like. The time I saw Napalm Death play I had a pretty good idea of what I was getting into just from their name. Same goes for Born Against. That\u2019s not the case with UK rockers, Cable35, who have a moniker that could find itself applicable to any genre of music. I really had no idea what this was going to be. However, the album name does give you a forewarning here. This disc is loud. So loud, in fact, it\u2019s spelled out in all capital letters \u2013 and for good reason.<\/p>\n
This debut LP follows a string of successful EPs from Cable35. The band takes on a sound that harkens back to the Seattle grunge scene circa 1991. I\u2019m not talking about the commercial, watered-down grunge rock that made its way into every home during that time. I mean the real gritty, dirty, pulsating grunge rock that was only MTV friendly at 2 A.M. <\/p>\n
LOUDER<\/i> begins with \u201cCow Head,\u201d a song that brings to mind the lesser-known Nirvana albums with tuneful screaming and some sludgy guitar work. \u201cFactory Floor\u201d continues on with the heaviness, with thick basslines and vocals that very nearly steer off course. \u201cBoogie Man\u201d pounds and throbs with its precise guitar work and soaring vocals \u2013 it\u2019s probably the disc highlight, almost sounding like The Melvins flexing their muscles. <\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t all moody, bombastic guitar wailing, though. \u201cAbducted\u201d builds walls of sonic noise and \u201cCrops\u201d and \u201cHarry\u201d have some punk spirit disguised as quick-paced rockers. The disc ends on \u201cLost City (Pussy Version),\u201d a sparse ballad that breaks away from the skull-rattling of the rest of the disc and offers a nice change of pace.<\/p>\n
Amazing to think that only three people can make sounds this giant. If Cable35 had existed in the early \u201890s, there\u2019s little doubt that Sub-Pop would be knocking on their door. This disc has a sound that is rarely explored anywhere these days, and usually not that well when it is. This is a great listen for those who want the fluff trimmed from their abrasive alt-rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":31004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8879],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-42687","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-cable35","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42687"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42687"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}