On their third album
Letters From The Coast, garage-dreampop trio [The] Caseworker exude the feel of a shoegazing Velvet Underground reared by the Flying Nun label - the perfect balance of drone and chime. The band creates an enigmatic intimacy and atmosphere, which they wrap around immaculately crafted pop songs like smoke. Perfectly intoxicating.
With opening track and lead single ‘National Runner’, [The] Caseworker have an instant pop classic on their hands. The song’s consummate mix of hypnotic guitars and driving rhythm section are perfectly balanced with Conor Devlin’s starry-eyed vocal. Elsewhere, bassist Eimer Devlin assumes lead vocal duties for ‘The Slow Track’ and ‘Sea Years’, both reminiscent of prime Yo La Tengo, while standout ‘Boats’ carries the listener away on its buoyant yet melancholic waves of arpeggios and feedback. The album exudes a wonderful sense of timelessness and romanticism - these are songs to attach memories to.
“[The] Caseworker extract darkness from inside whispery, ambient pop… completely enraptured and awesomely dazed” –
Rolling StoneTrack
Listing:- National Runner Preview
- The Slow Track Preview
- Boats Preview
- Hogsback Preview
- Holy Mothers Preview
- Sea Years Preview
- What Am I Doing Here? Preview
- Dormer Preview
- Hold On To The Road Preview
- Sister Song Preview
- The Country Wrote A Lullaby Preview
- Little Good It Did For You Preview
Cat#: HSR084
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