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Cathedrale Share Where the Fire Is

January 16, 2025 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

It’s my birthday, and I’m going into soft tunes here in a minute, so it feels like I should start off with this new track from French group Cathedrale. They’ve got this sort of shadowy-brand of post-punk, particularly in the way the recording embraces the thump of the drums. That said, they work through the verses in order to offer these enthusiastic bursts of emphatic joy; the guitars ring heavily while the vocals almost seem to be stalking the stage through your speakers, which is a nice little trick. Definitely looking forward to hearing more of their new LP, Poison, which drops on Feburary 14th via Howlin Banana and Regarts.

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Cathedrale Share The Bet Video

February 27, 2020 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

It’s weird how the world works. Two albums into their career already and I’m just now hearing of French outfit Cathedrale; I owe it entirely to this ridiculously catchy pop boppper. This tune brought out the energy immediately with a quick drum roll and the throb of bass bobbing in the speakers. Guitars soon joined the fray, and before the vocals even came in I was having a ball listening to this tune. That’s the thing, the vocals are definitely in that sort of indifferent punk mode, and I dig that, but some of the best parts occur in the absence of voice. You can feel the fun in the chorus, though there’s no chorus; the band just let go and carry you away with exuberant garage rock. Their 3rd album, Houses are Built the Same will be released on March 27th via Howlin Banana Records.

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