Invitation Songs by The Cave Singers

Released in 2007 on Matador Records.

The Cave Singers are a Seattle trio that play their own brand of indie rock / folk rock. This is their debut album. All 3 members have beards.

These guys a more straight forward brand of folk rock that focuses more on sentiment and emotion than the more freak out, drugged brand of folk music that has been coming out recently. These guys are more campfire orientated.

The songs are well written and expressive. The singer (Pete Quirk of Hint Hint) has very,worn sounding, nasally, emotive singing voice, akin to Bob Dylan. He croons and says "Oh" alot. The music backing him varies from somber nd sparse, to more driven and foot stomping. The use of trumpets and washboards accent the songs very well and never get over used.

Despite how generic the band looks on paper, these guys to have their own take on folk rock. The songs have plenty of genuine, honest sentiment and never get pretentious. Very down to earth music. the kind of music that gets you down to get you up.

Reminds me of Band Of Horses, but with less rock n' roll. Pretty good stuff from a bunch of guys with a more electro / post punk background. Not usually the kind of music i like, but I do enjoy listening to this album.

4/5

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[theneedledrop]

I'll check it. I heard their new LP, and I didn't like it at all, but I'm glad to hear the earlier stuff is worth checking.

Good call on the Black Mountain reference. I thought they had a lot in common w/them. Producers can have such a heavy influence on a record.

[YoureWrongImRight]

I heard some tracks off the new album and I didn't care much for it either.

[rickyshore]

fuck i wrote a long comment and it didn't go through. that happens like 99 percent of the time. that sucks you had to take your ex girlfriend to a sonogram. that's like the worst thing i've ever heard! hope it went well, but from how you sounded earlier, i assume it did. this maybe isn't for me, but amazing review as always! i have a theory that pretty girls make graves owe their success to their name.

[YoureWrongImRight]

Valid theory !

Yeah, sonogram went smoothly. Pretty much just an in and out operation. Took only like 15 minutes. Her fetus looks good. Isn't a zombie, yet.

[MonMccool123]

Yeah. This was a pretty good album. This question is totally out of the blue. I've been getting into the ambient music you've been reviewing, but only been listening to it off musians myspace pages and such. Do people like Tim Hecker, Geoff Mullen, etc sound good on fairly nice speakers or is ambient music more of something to listen to on headphones?

[YoureWrongImRight]

Tim Hecker especially sounds amazing in good speakers. He might sound cool in headphones, but I prefer to have speakers just pouring his music out so it coats the whole room. Tim hecker is one of my favorite musicians ever.

[patalberg]

I think you need another line, I know I do.

[winmacdon]

How about doing a review on my granddaughter's music video "Absu Road"

[analogdays]

Thank god you kept your pregnant ex waiting so you could take time to do this amazing review.

[replicariot]

pretty girls MAKE graves.....not makes. *shrug*

[aggradef]

"freak out, drugged brand of folk music that has been coming out recently"

Like what/who?

[heyjudas]

rub one out, eh?

[elvispresly1]

Cool simple music :) great vid and album! 5*