Coves - Cast A Shadow EP

Wondering what to get your music loving mate for Christmas? well look no further than Coves' debut EP 'Cast No Shadow'. Here is our track by track review.

1. Cast No Shadow – A fantastic blend of rock psyche and pop music opens this EP and sets the standard very high. The looping beats/keyboards coupled with the Pond-esque guitars lend the song a mature depth in the same mould as the early Belle & Sebastian albums and the Reverend & The Maker’s single ‘Silence Is Talking’.

2. No Ladder – This is the stand out track of the EP. It is a joyous psychedelic march through a Ennio Morricone’s vision of the wild west. Anyone who enjoyed Oasis’ ‘To Be Where There’s Life’ is going to immediately fall in love with this tune.

3. Run With Me – It seems almost everyone has had a favourite band from Brooklyn these days and Coves have lended their influences to theirs here with joyous nod to Here We Go Magic on 'How Do We Know' and Grizzly Bear's on 'Yet Again'.

4. Fall Out Of Love – This is the weakest of the four tracks but do not dismiss it lightly. It has some genuine moments of Mary Chain and pre-signed Glasvegas genius embedded. It feels a little confused when the Mary Chain fuzz crosses with electronica of Animal Collective but with the right producer honing Coves’ talent TT feels the two will merge push music forwards once more.