Experimental duo retreats ‘Beneath the Planet of the Cave Bat’
Highly prolific duo returns with another set of nocturnal emissions
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Staying true to its self-set rule of releasing single-take, long-form jam sessions, Cave Bat has unveiled not one but two follow ups to July’s Becoming the Sky EP. Since then, the experimental duo, which still includes roommates Nathan Brown and Kris Nelson, has somehow found time to release The Acorn Portal to Proxima 5 and now Beneath The Planet of the Cave Bat. This time, Brown and Nelson are in a much lighter mood, leaving behind any consuming clouds of noise or distortion for unencumbered vignettes of drifting haze.
The EP is largely void of any rhythm or pacing, opting more for the open space of tracks like “The Portal” and “A Coin for the Ferryman.” That’s not to say this is all careless bliss, though, as the duo unfurls the bizarre and whimsical electronic waltz of “The Quasar Upstairs” and the high-frequency miasma of closer “Twas Their Favored Lichen Sanctuary.” Venture into the EP below and keep an eye out for Cave Bat’s next EP, which will probably drop any minute now.