Showing posts with label *The Cabs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label *The Cabs. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Cabs - 2011 Recur Breath


Band : The Cabs
Album : Recur Breath
Release Year : 2011
Genre : Emo | Mathrock
 
Tracklist :
1.Spiral of Kielce
2.camm aven
3.detoxified sea of trees
4.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5.skór
6.Eighth Ward

Six-track "Recur Breath" opens with the explosive "Spiral of Kielce." The song has bassist Shuto Yoshikatsu and guitarist Takahashi Kunimitsu trading off vocals atop hard-hitting, angular rhythms, with Kunimitsu's screamo-styled yelps amping the energy level. Yoshikatsu's melodies dominate the next number, "Camm Aven." A polished piece of radio-friendly alt-rock, Itta Nakamura's frantic drumming leads the band into a brief bout of powerful mid-song math rock, a move that makes it a much more interesting track.

While Yoshikatsu handles most of the vocal duties on "Recur Breath," the disc's strongest moments come when Kunimitsu chimes in with backup shouts. While "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Detoxified Sea of Trees" follow similar sonic paths as "Camm Aven," the contrast between Kunimitsu's impassioned hollering and Yoshikatsu's polished delivery on both tracks adds a stronger sense of urgency that makes for a more lasting impact.

Like "First Incident" before it, "Recur Breath" shows definite potential. But as The Cabs move forward, delving deeper into the screamo side of their music may make their first full-length a more dynamic production.





Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Cabs - 2011 First Incident


Band : The Cabs
Album : First Incident
Release Year : 2011
Genre : Indie | Mathrock | Emo

Tracklist :
1. For Charles Bronson    
2. Soldier of February    
3. There Is No Tomorrow For Us    
4. haiku about kdyla    
5. nicol kills nicolas for nicola

Consisting of Yoshikatsu Shuto on bass & vocals, Kunimitsu Takahashi on guitar & vocals, and Itta Nakamura on drums, the cabs is the reflection of the epoch of disillusioned modern youths in Tokyo. With the bass firmly holding up the foundation, the guitar casts a wavy curtain of meticulously arpeggiated melodies, while the drum plows like a bomber plane through its employment of unconventional barrage of odd time beats, and the ensemble is topped off with dual vocals, one ever so fragile that it may even disappear into thin air, while its counterpart is ready to explode into a thrilling fit.

Their songs are not about empathy, but the lack thereof, in the bitterly and wretchedly heartbroken city of Tokyo.
“I want to live for somebody, but there is no tomorrow for us”
The underlying theme may be nothing more than despair, a feeling which we all have experienced in our past.

The first standout element of the cabs are that while the band might utilize screaming in their songs and frenetic playing across all instruments, the band doesn’t rely on distortion on their guitars. The music arrives clean and understandable, something that sticks out on each song.

The first song might include the most screaming vocals, but the instrumentals are a great dichotomy between the two. The cabs are also able to construct songs that have melodic vocals which stand along side the more aggressive vocals.

The five song EP from the band show a bright future because their music is complicated while sounding simple showing the potential of the band for the future who might even rivals long standing acts of Japanese rock.

When listening to First Incident, you can expect the a mixture of rock, punk, and instrumental rock combined in each song. A difficult combination, but a result that the cabs succeed in.