Goes Cube

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Many bands get all uppity about how they hate labels and comparisons and all that, but Brooklyn’s Goes Cube don’t really care what you call them. They're just unpretentious like that – no fancy gear, no fancy clothes or haircuts. They're simply three friends who are obsessed with making each song heavier, more intense, more glorious, and just plain better than the last.

Goes Cube has steadily gained attention as one of the most intense bands in both their hometown of New York City, and beyond. Their music is a brutal blend of metal, punk, and full-on rock, and is performed with an urgency rarely witnessed or experienced anymore. None of the members have any sort of formal or traditional training on their instruments, and as a result their music—from the dizzying and unexpected drum fills, bizarrely and lowly-tuned guitars, and unrelenting bass—has a singularity in its sound and structure that simply does not exist elsewhere.

Stereogum has said that the band's "sledgehammer assault" is "inescapably awesome," and that they've become their "favorite underground locals." Oh My Rockness said, "Goes Cube is an insanely good band" and that they give "newfound hope for the future of rock in New York City." Hell, they’re even taking note 3,000 miles away: the Los Angeles Times warned its readers that "You'll need a bit of time to recover from this one — perhaps book a cell in a monastery for quality silence. This is as loud as loud gets."

And for all you fans of heavy music, isn't that what it's all about? You won't find these guys at the hottest parties. You'll find them in a cramped van, heading for their next tour date. You'll find them in a tiny practice space, deafening themselves and their neighbors. You'll find them at the bowling alley, drinking beers and smashing pins like they've smashed so many eardrums.

The band has rapidly sold out of their first three EPs – ‘Beckon The Dagger God’, ‘Not What We Thought’ and ‘Hutchinson’ – and now set their sights on a full-length debut entitled ‘Another Day Has Passed’ which will be released via the band’s newfound home label, THE END RECORDS, in the Spring of 2009. Produced by Dean Baltulonis (Sick Of It All, Most Precious Blood, Freya, Hold Steady, and more), Goes Cube slams its way through 13 songs in a little more than 45 minutes, and with hardly a second to breathe from start to finish. Some songs are sonic hammersmashes, and others are dark but glorious tractor-trailers plowing through your eardrums. Every second of it is pure intensity.

Call it metal, call it post-metal, call it quasi-metal-post-punk-pre-twenty-second-century-independent-art-sounds if you're into that kind of thing. But just do yourself a favor: Take a listen.

Instrumentation

Kenny Appell: Drums

Matt Tyson: Bass

David Obuchowski: Guitar, vocals

Discography

"Beckon The Dagger God" distributed by Cordless Records (Warner Music Group)

"Another Day Has Passed" full-length released 5/12/09 on THE END RECORDS

Audio

• Grinding The Knife Blade
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• Goes Cube Song 30
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Press

• DECIBEL MAG REVIEW OF FULL LENGTH 9/10! [+ Show ]
  

  "Another Day Has Passed is a rarity - a record that is aggressive, melodic, brutal, punishing, and...
  "Another Day Has Passed is a rarity - a record that is aggressive, melodic, brutal, punishing, and completely at odds with anything currently popular in the metal world, meaning it is neither too proggy or too death-y nor sounding like Metallica circa 1988"
  
  see more: http://theendrecords.com/reviews/308-goes-cube-reviews/1573-decibel-reviews-goes-cube-another-day-has-passed

• REVOLVER MAG REVIEWS FULL LENGTH: 8/10! [+ Show ]
  

  "a tight and upbeat brand of metal that aims straight at the heart of the mainstream—and mostly hits..."a tight and upbeat brand of metal that aims straight at the heart of the mainstream—and mostly hits strikes."

• SPIN MAGAZINE LISTS OR SONG AMONG 15 SONGS YOU MUST HEAR NOW! [+ Show ]
  

  Goes Cube "The Only Daughter": Brooklyn metal-punks with roiling riffs for days, but taut songwritin...Goes Cube "The Only Daughter": Brooklyn metal-punks with roiling riffs for days, but taut songwriting like you're at a Fugazi vs Helmet 12-rounder.

• Stereogum review of Goes Cube [+ Show ]
  

  Goes Cube @ Knitting Factory, NYC 7/11/06 "Goes Cube's sledgehammer assault was inescapably aweso...Goes Cube @ Knitting Factory, NYC 7/11/06
  
  "Goes Cube's sledgehammer assault was inescapably awesome. They bludgeoned our eardrums -- and our hearts -- with their epic Fugazi feel, machine gun double-bass assault and monumental larynx-shredding vocals." AND "Goes Cube just may have become our favorite underground locals. They're definitely our loudest." -STEREOGUM. Read the full post:
  
  http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002858.html
  
  
  

• Oh My Rockness on Goes Cube [+ Show ]
  

  Holy shit, Goes Cube is an insanely good band. I went to see these guys expecting nothing and came a...Holy shit, Goes Cube is an insanely good band. I went to see these guys expecting nothing and came away feeling newfound hope for the future of rock in New York City. Their formula is simple, the singer/guitarist wails while stomping on his distortion pedal, the bassist blasts out quick booming riffs, and the drummer, well, the drummer is just sick. He's seriously the best drummer I've seen in quite a while. When he really gets into it, he even stands up in order to get the optimal angle for precise pummeling. Now that's rock 'n' roll.
  
  Goes Cube, like fellow locals The Big Sleep, are mighty refreshing in these post-Interpol days. This band scoffs at synths. This band can't be bothered with blog hype. And damn it, this band wears whatever the hell they want. This band rules. See them. Now.

• Blending Sonic Youth and Slayer [+ Show ]
  

  "On Goes Cube's latest EP, Beckon the Dagger God, double-bass drums collide with impossibly ballsy g..."On Goes Cube's latest EP, Beckon the Dagger God, double-bass drums collide with impossibly ballsy guitars and disarming chord structures -- a provocative blend of Sonic Youth artiness and Slayeresque fury."

• CHICAGO READER REVIEWS FULL LENGTH, PREVIEWS LIVE SHOW [+ Show ]
  

  "Another Day is a stunning eruption of proggy punk metal, combining the anthemic melodies and tight ..."Another Day is a stunning eruption of proggy punk metal, combining the anthemic melodies and tight post­hardcore song structures of Torche with the restrained mathiness and fathoms-deep textures of Isis. Furiously aggressive yet scarily nimble, it’s the sound of skinny tech geeks savoring the sweet justice of kicking sand in the jocks’ faces, over and over—and you don’t get the feeling it’ll stop being fun for these guys when somebody loses an eye."
  
  full text: http://events.chicagoreader.com/chicago/Event?oid=1103238

• METALSUCKS REVIEWS FULL LENGTH: 4/5 HORNS! [+ Show ]
  

  Goes Cube force us to discard our genre tags and recognize the rarity of the word “song” as it perta...Goes Cube force us to discard our genre tags and recognize the rarity of the word “song” as it pertains to metal. They can write a damn fine one, complete with verses and a chorus and ye olde bridge...Another Day Has Passed feels nigh boundaryless in its warm embrace of the many forms of layin’ it down. This can only be good for heavy music."
  
  full text here: http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/04/20/another-day-has-passed-and-you-still-havent-heard-goes-cube/

• BROOKLYN VEGAN DEBUTS TRACK OFF FULL LENGTH [+ Show ]
  

  In cooking, it's called a reduction. If you filled a pot with post-hardcore from the 90s and simmere...In cooking, it's called a reduction. If you filled a pot with post-hardcore from the 90s and simmered it down to the essence, that culinary delight might be Goes Cube. They cherry-pick the best moments from Quicksand, Helmet, and Jawbox, and deliver it with a thunder that would make an Orange amp technician proud. Don't take my word for it though, check out "The Only Daughter" from their debut LP Another Day Has Passed available for download above.
  
  http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/04/goes_cube_new_m.html

• ROCK SOUND REVIEWS FULL LENGTH: 9/10! [+ Show ]
  

  Goes Cube are a schizophrenic power trio of the highest calibre. One minute they're slovenly sloth-l...Goes Cube are a schizophrenic power trio of the highest calibre. One minute they're slovenly sloth-like brutal doom; the next, it's thrash-tinged AmRep noise before a move toward Torche's infectious thunder-pop sound....

Setlist

9 - 11 original songs. About 40 minutes. Loud.

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