Don't be a square!
Check out the 2nd 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.
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