Caves - Didn’t I

Luke Cage has picked up a guitar for his new EP release with Absent Fever (Galapagos, Birkwin Jersey), and good lord it’s one punchy guitar. Previously he dazzled with high-pitched vocal samples, luscious layers of synthetics - the only problem with the ‘Adolescent Dystopia’ EP was that it sounded a whole lot like other artists around right now (naming no names, but they’re all on the Tri Angle roster). 
’Didn’t I’ is a turn up for the books. It has a downturn New York vibe; souled-up with beautiful, tight arrangements. And it doesn’t even make the cut for his forthcoming ‘When You Were Partying, I Was Dying’ EP. That speaks volumes.

Hear Caves on the December 2011 Music Fan’s Mix