CAUTION - Arcola TAPE live While Battiato’s core group of

While Battiato’s core group of collaborators remains largely the same as on his debut

threatens to crash-land

barrelling through while drawing on the likes of The Kinks and Television

One could be fascinated by the doom

Debut LP from Wisconsin punk band Wristwatch

CAUTION - Arcola TAPE live While Battiato’s core group ofCassette only. Across the album, disorienting vocal delays coalesce into dark layers of synths; blown out, anthemic guitar chords break apart into wide open acoustic strums; gently buzzing bass stabs menace under soaring guitar slides and thick, trip hoppy cymbals. Above it all are the pairs interlocked vocals, sometimes in unsentimental unison or disparate octaves, sometimes launching off into ascendant harmonies. A big part of Caution is singing