{"id":18536,"date":"2014-09-22T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-cayetana-nervous-like-me\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:08:35","slug":"album-review-cayetana-nervous-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-cayetana-nervous-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Cayetana – Nervous Like Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So many bands these days choose to go straight for the jugular in terms of their songwriting. Their tunes quickly arrive at the big hook and that\u2019s your lot \u2013 you\u2019re either “turned on or turned off”, to somewhat unexpectedly quote Paddy McGuinness. Not so with Cayetana <\/strong>though. These three girls from Philadelphia have a far more organic sound that manages to be melodic and catchy without being the least bit obvious.<\/p>\n

\u2018Nervous Like Me\u2019<\/em> is their debut full length after forming two years ago, and it\u2019s all about big, powerful sounding indie-punk with some strong folky overtones. Lead vocalist Augusta Koch\u2019s strong Philly accent spreads out across their stripped down yet somehow expansive melodies like honey, and their songs are pumped full of emotion: not in a moody and self-indulgent way but through the earnest and passionate nature of the music.<\/p>\n

The band that immediately sprang to my mind as first track \u2018Serious Things Are Stupid\u2019<\/em> kicked in is Samiam. They create such an impact without over-complicating anything, and the real soul of the music is not in striking the right chord here or hitting the best drum-fill there but in the overall nature of the sound, how it swells and subsides and carries you with it.<\/p>\n

Nervous Like Me by Cayetana<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Black Hills\u2019<\/em> is a real favourite on the album. It absolutely gallops but somehow you never feel the pace, like travelling in a luxury car that can handle 70mph like it\u2019s doing 20. It lifts your spirits with sparkling lyrics like \u201cbring me back to those good days, I was finding my old ways<\/em>\u201d. Meanwhile the excellently titled \u2018Hot Dad Calendar\u2019<\/em> has more pain to it – they don\u2019t always do happy but always look for hope as Koch sings \u201cI know you really want to make it out alive<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Not all of the songs have quite the same kick to them as others. Cayetana<\/strong> never go down the easy route of looking for the catchy hook but instead try and draw you into their imagination, sculpting an atmosphere with their melodies. Sometimes this works so well and other times the songs can feel a little flat and impenetrable.<\/p>\n

To create greatness though, you\u2019ve got to take some risks, and they\u2019ve done that and in doing so created a record that is as unique as it is delightful. It\u2019s going to be exciting hearing their sound grow and mature after this impressive debut.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Nervous Like Me’<\/em> by Cayetana<\/strong> is out now on Tiny Engines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cayetana<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>
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Words by Alex Phelan (@listen_to_alex<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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