Album Review: Kaskadeur - Uncanny Valley (2020)

 

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Kaskadeur - Uncanny Valley
Release: 25 September 2020
Label: Noisolution / Souldfood
Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital
Length: 36:19
Genre: Heavy Math Rock / Progressive Rock
Origin: Potsdam, Germany

In Potsdam, the capital of Germany's federal state of Brandenburg, there once was a band called Stonehenge. They were known for their Doom-laden and progressive Stoner Rock. After several albums, EPs and plenty of shows the quartet decided that it was time for a change. Hence, the band was disbanded for good. Apparently, they even deleted their Bandcamp account.
But in a same breath, the four musicians founded their next band. And thus, we can now enjoy the first output under their new name Kaskadeur. Whether "Uncanny Valley" is a proper debut or not, one can argue. More important is the music presented on the 11-track album.

The adjective fitting the most to the auditive presentation by Kaskadeur is anarchist. The quartet lets influences of their Stoner Rock past merge with the avantgarde easiness of Prog Rock and adds the sheer madness of Math Rock to it. Meanwhile, they still manage to keep their intelligent music heavy and intense.
Drums, bass, guitar and and organs create huge soundscapes full of colour and gorgeous insanity. Metres change and rhythms shift while the vocals lightfootedly dance with joy across this opus.


Fans of bands like Karakorum or Welcome inside the Brain will love this one. Kaskadeur's music is a colurful joyride through an unknown valley that cannot be spotted on our maps. The journey is dusty, bumpy, defined by several elevations towards the sky, and some excursions into deep space or the inner of our bodies. A beautiful and sophisticated masterpiece!

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