Caches the Ghosts
Baytown, Texas, United States | SELF
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We were recently contacted by Adrian from Caches The Ghosts, a 5 piece post hardcore group from Baytown in Texas. Having formed in 2010 and already built up a loyal following through their live performances, Adrian sent through a track from their upcoming EP for us to check out! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Travels, Deaths, Horoscopes, Classifieds, courtesy of Caches The Ghosts.
Building into the track, you can’t help but feel initially that this is all a bit disjointed, the drums not seeming to match the guitar work going on. Within seconds though, this is all gone as the track takes form, the vocals echoing around over the backing music and the track hurtling forwards into a hammering mix of roaring guitar lines, pounding drums and changing time signatures. What’s really striking here is how they seem to have harnessed the power of hardcore and mixed it with the time signatures of Prog rock – the track twists and turns throughout, always keeping you guessing as to what is going to come next, never following a convention or allowing the listener to become complacent. There’s moments here which really hark to the likes of the Deftones and similar, all built into the track which is firmly their own – there’s nothing else like this out there. On the first listen you’ll question what the hell is going on here, but open your mind and let the music in, soon you discover that what this is is a track which has been carefully crafted, all the sections carefully considered and all of the elements of the band carefully combined to form this mix – and it’s one hell of an accomplishment!
Caches The Ghosts are still in the process of sorting their EP out so this is only a taste of what is to come, but what it shows is a band who are out there pushing the boundaries of what we understand to be music, it doesn’t follow convention and doesn’t try to be something its not, instead becoming music which can’t be defined or pigeon holed into a genre. In summary, this is going to be an exciting band to check out, so keep watching this space! - Dave with www.loud-stuff.com
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Caches the Ghosts Demos - "Aim for the Fireplace" (2010)
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Caches the Ghosts began in February of 2010 as a three-piece that included Adrian Jordan, Andrew Masterson and Ryan Laubach. The three began writing music with no preconceptions of what kind of music they would play or what it was going to sound like. Very soon, they had one song written but no drummer. Andrew and Ryan's friend Kelly Kincl happened to be an available drummer looking for a project to come aboard. He soon joined suit and the three-piece became a four-piece. At this point, the four remaining members continued to write music as an instrumental act, not too certain or concerned that they would even require a new vocalist. A few months down the road, Adrian mentioned a friend that was interested in trying out for the vacant vocal position in the band. Even though the band was not actively looking for a vocalist, they decided to give Adrian's friend, Ethan Newton, a tryout. Immediately following that practice, the members unanimously voted Ethan into the fold. Soon thereafter, CtG continued to work on the songs they had already written prior to Ethan's arrival with new vigor and a new sense of direction that his vocals provided. In early September, the band played their first show at a local bar in Baytown, Texas called The Dirty Bay. Since then, the band has continued to play and book more shows while continuing to write new songs and push themselves musically.
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