The Cubical - Live In Oslo (ONE DAY ONLY FREE DOWNLOAD!)

Recorded live on tour, Liverpool swamp blues band give away an 18-track album for nish! Be quick though, the offer is only open for one day!


As one of the 'Pool's best bands, The Cubical's string of albums on their own Halfpenny Records label never fail to hit the spot. Gritty, and bluesy, with intelligent lyrics with a Waits-meets-Beefheart delivery. I can't recommend them enough. I previously reviewed the band's second album for Subba-Cultcha. (You can read my review which I've re-posted here.)

On Monday 21st October, for one day only the band will be giving away a free download of an 18-track live album via their Bandcamp page. Recorded earlier in the year on a Scandinavian jaunt, Live In Oslo captures the band at their very best. Do, do, do check it out!

Here's where you can catch the band live over the next few weeks -

31st Oct - Psilocybenea, Hondarribia, Spain
1st Nov - Wurlitzer Ballroom, Madrid, Spain
2nd Nov - Monkey Week Festival, Cadiz, Spain
3rd Nov - Day Sessions Festival, Lleida, Spain
15th Nov - The Lomax, Liverpool, England

http://thecubical.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/the.cubical.liverpool

The Cubical - It Ain't Human

Don't be a square! Check out the 2^nd album of raw but literate swamp-psych blues from these fast-rising Liverpudlians.

Like most Liverpool music folk, the Cubical share a fascination for the work of one Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart. (Don't ask me why that should be, perhaps Trout Mask Replica or Doc At The Radar Station is on the school curriculum over in Merseyside.) One thing's for sure, vocalist Dan Wilson has certainly studied at the Beefheart & Howlin' Wolf Academy of Blues Growling. And graduated with honours. It matters not whether this is an affectation, after all such stylised singing was probably an affectation for for Beef and Wolf too. What matters is how it's used and whether you have something to say, which fortunately for us, Wilson does, covering wide range of emotions and topics. From the blurred boundaries of friendship and romantic love on Are We Just Lovers, to advancements in mechanical engineering on Three Drop Jameson Mechanism. (No, I don't know what it is either.) There's also room for some classic European literature references on An Ode To Franz Biberkopf. 

Click over the jump for more on The Cubical - It Ain't Human

Mystic Scouse - A Video Playlist

 
Seems to me that everyone from Liverpool loves Beefheart, Pink Floyd and Arthur Lee's Love. The city also has an amazing legacy of mind-altering pop. In recognition of this I thought I'd put together this playlist. It's not meant to be definitive, is highly personal, and may well be added to. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments. Check it out la!

Click over the jump for my video playlist.