Blog: PopMatters

The thing about Cold Cave is, not only are they indie rock stars, but they've got pilots' licenses. Imagine that! In a lot of ways, it's surprising it took shitgaze this long to embrace the synth. On the one hand, synths never sat too well with the punk or early '90s lo-fi scenes -- shitgaze's two biggest influences -- but on the other hand there is the constant sense that shitgaze acts care more about their textures than a lot of their clean-sounding peers, and few things help with texture better than synthesizers. Nonetheless, poor...

• Cold Cave - Life Magazine