Cold Cave

Cold Cave

Wesley Eisold of Cold Cave performing in New York City, 2011
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Synthpop, dark wave, synthwave
Years active 2007 (2007)–present
Labels Dais Records, Hospital Productions, What's Your Rupture?, Heartworm Press, Big Love, Matador, Arts & Crafts México
Associated acts American Nightmare, Give Up the Ghost, Some Girls
Website coldcave.net
Members Wesley Eisold

Cold Cave is the moniker for the music of Wesley Eisold based in Los Angeles and New York City whose music is described as a "collage of darkwave, noise, and synthpop".[1] A number of reviewers note the affinity with early 1980's post-punk and early synthpop, in particular Joy Division.[2][3][4]

History

Formation

Cold Cave was founded in 2007 by Wesley Eisold, former vocalist of hardcore groups Give Up the Ghost (previously known as American Nightmare), Some Girls.[5] and Heartworm Press founder. Cold Cave represents Eisold's first venture into instrumentation.[6] Eisold was born with one hand which led him to electronic music.[7]

Love Comes Close (2007–2010)

After initial releases on Dais Records, Hospital Productions, What's Your Rupture?, and Eisold's own Heartworm Press, he signed to Matador Records,[8] who re-released his self-released debut album, Love Comes Close, on November 3, 2009.

Cherish the Light Years (2011–2012)

In April 2011 Matador Records released his second album, "Cherish the Light Years."[9]

In July 2011, Cold Cave remixed 'I Didn't See It Coming' by the band Belle and Sebastian. The song appeared on their 12-inch single 'Come On Sister' released by Matador Records and Rough Trade Records.[10]

In April 2012, Cold Cave performed at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum between John Chamberlain sculptures as part of the museum's Divine Ricochet series.[11]

In October 2012, Cold Cave performed at the Getty Center.[12]

Singles series, Full Cold Moon and Sunflower (2012–present)

In September 2012, Eisold announced Cold Cave would be touring the US later in the year, he would be recording a new album and that the new live line-up included: Hunter Burgan (AFI), London May (Samhain), Jessie Nelson, and Cody Votolato (The Blood Brothers).[13][14][15] This lineup was exclusive to this two-and-a-half-week tour and Eisold said performing with a full band was something that failed to materialize during Cherish the Light Years tours.[16] While continuing to work on a follow-up to Cherish the Light Years, and not under contract with a label, Eisold began independently releasing a series of stand-alone singles.[17][18] Eisold wrote and recorded these new songs by himself similar to how songs on Cremations and Love Comes Close were crafted. He said they were created, "by myself, at a desk in my apartment. It was freeing and exciting in a way because I didn't owe anyone an album. I got to just make them to make them. The songs were minimal, honest, electronic and without help."[16]

The first single in the series was "A Little Death to Laugh."[19] The single was released in October 2012 through Heartworm[20] and a music video for the song was released in March 2013.[21] In 2013, Eisold released "Oceans with No End" (through Jacob Bannon's Deathwish Inc.),[22] "God Made the World"[18] and "Black Boots."[17] Slava Tsukerman, known for his 1982 film Liquid Sky, directed a music video for the song "Black Boots."[16] In October 2013, Cold Cave released a digital-only, fifth stand-alone single titled "Nausea, The Earth and Me."[23]

On February 21, 2013, Eisold announced that Justin Benoit, a former live contributor to Cold Cave, had died.[24]

In support of Cold Cave's new singles, Cold Cave embarked on an extensive tour of Asia, performing in Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Nepal and Hong Kong in April 2013;[25] performed live with industrial/noise pioneer Boyd Rice in mid-2013;[26] toured with synthpop artist Gary Numan in September 2013;[27] and toured with Nitzer Ebb frontman Douglas McCarthy in October 2013. In January 2014, Cold Cave remixed the song "Running" by Nine Inch Nails as part of a remix EP Seed Eight, to coincide with the launch of Beats Music.[28] In May 2014, Cold Cave opened for Nine Inch Nails on their full European and UK tour.[29] They were also invited to open for Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden on their North American tour, after Death Grips, the band originally chosen for opening, decided to split.

Cold Cave began working on its third studio album and follow up to Cherish the Light Years tentatively titled Sunflower in 2013, and a release date in 2014 was originally anticipated. On what the potential sonic direction of the new album, Eisold said it would be a, "mix between some of the bigger sounds on Cherish and more minimal stuff I'm interested in now, like Suicide or 39 Clocks."[26] However tours in support of Full Cold Moon and the 2012–2013 singles series proved to be more fruitful than anticipated, and as a result, work on Sunflower was put on hold.[30]

In June 2015, Cold Cave performed at the wedding of Tony Hawk and Catherine Goodman at the Adare Manor in Ireland. [31]

Contributors

Cold Cave is essentially a solo project by former Give Up the Ghost and Some Girls frontman Wesley Eisold. While there have been other people contributing to Cold Cave either on tour or in the studio since its conception, Eisold doesn't consider any of them to be official band members. On the subject of band members, Eisold said in an interview, "I struggle with the word 'member' because there are no 'members' of Cold Cave. It's just me. I've collaborated with many people. Some were extremely worthwhile and others were extremely worthless, and I've come to the point where I'm more comfortable doing things by myself."[26]

List of contributors

Name Related act(s) Years active Notes Ref(s)
Caralee McElroy Xiu Xiu 2009–2010
Sean Martin Hatebreed 2009 Performed guitars and bass on three tracks on Love Comes Close. [32]
Justin Benoit 2009–2010 Live keyboardist during supporting tours for Love Comes Close and performed on Cold Cave's split with Prurient, Stars Explode. Benoit died in February 2013. [33]
Dominick Fernow Prurient 2009–2011 Live keyboardist 2009-2011
Amy Lee 2012–present Cold Cave Live performer, photographer, videographer and designer. [7][34][26][35]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

EPs


Singles

Year Song Album
2008 "The Trees Grew Emotions and Died"[37] Love Comes Close
2009 "The Laurels"[37]
2010 "Life Magazine"
2011 "The Great Pan is Dead"[43] Cherish the Light Years
2011 "Villains of the Moon"[44]
2012 "Confetti" / "Believe in my Blood"[45]
2012 "A Little Death to Laugh"[20] n/a
2013 "Oceans with No End"[22]
2013 "God Made the World"[18]
2013 "Black Boots"[17]
2013 "Nausea, The Earth and Me"[23]
2015 "Doom, Doom, Doom"
2016 "Nothing Is True But You"[46]
2016 "The Idea of Love"

Music videos

References

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  2. ↑ Soderberg, Brandon (2013-09-04). "Cold Cave pushes the limits of '80s nostalgia". Indy Week. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Graham, Ben (2009-11-05). The Quietus http://thequietus.com/articles/03167-cold-cave-love-comes-close-album-review. Retrieved 1 December 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Contest: Win an autographed copy of Peter Hook's 'Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division'". Slicing Up Eyeballs. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Brandon (December 3, 2008). "Band To Watch: Cold Cave". Stereogum. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  6. ↑ Breihan, Tom (August 21, 2009). "Rising: Cold Cave". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Update: Cold Cave | Features". Pitchfork. 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  8. ↑ Remington, Gracie (August 17, 2009). "Cold Cave Signs to Matador". The Fader. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
  9. ↑ "Matablog | New Cold Cave album: Cherish The Light Years". Matador Records. 2011-01-19. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  10. ↑ "Listen: Cold Cave Remix Belle and Sebastian | News". Pitchfork. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  11. ↑ "Cold Cave Performs at the Guggenheim". Guggenheim.org. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  12. ↑ Archived April 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Colwell, Matthew (September 4, 2012). "Cold Cave announce new lineup, to tour with Divine Fits this fall". Alternative Press. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  14. ↑ Martins, Chris (September 4, 2012). "Cold Cave Start Over With Members of Blood Brothers, AFI, Samhain". Spin. Buzz Media. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Divine Fits played Webster Hall with Cold Cave (pics, setlists)". Brooklynvegan.com. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Poitras, Andrew (April 2013). "Interview: Cold Cave". Death and Taxes. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  17. 1 2 3 McGovern, Kyle (April 1, 2013). "Cold Cave's 'God Made the World' Precedes World Tour, Dual 7-Inch Releases". Spin. Buzz Media. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  18. 1 2 3 Roffman, Michael (March 29, 2013). "Listen to Cold Cave's new track, 'God Made the World'". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  19. ↑ Hogan, Marc (September 24, 2012). "Hear Cold Cave's Frosty Goth-Pop Single 'A Little Death to Laugh'". Spin. Buzz Media. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  20. 1 2 "A Little Death to Laugh — Releases". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  21. 1 2 McGovern, Kyle (March 26, 2013). "Watch Cold Cave's Soul-Excavating 'A Little Death to Laugh' Video". Spin. Buzz Media. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  22. 1 2 Cohen, Ian (February 27, 2013). "Cold Cave: 'Oceans With No End'". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  23. 1 2 Marshall, Wyatt (October 22, 2013). "Cold Cave released a digital EP; Wes Eisold reissuing his Anti Aquarian EP, 'Chrome Jesus'". Brooklyn Vegan. Spin Media. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
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  25. ↑ "Interview: Cold Cave's Wesley Eisold Talks Unconventional Touring and his 'Realist' Sound Ahead of Bangkok Gig on May 15 | BK Magazine Online". Bk.asia-city.com. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 Cohen, Ian (July 23, 2013). "Update: Cold Cave". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
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  28. ↑ "Trent Reznor Shares Nine Inch Nails' Seed Eight (Remix 2014 EP), Will Score Gone Girl". Stereogum. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
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  32. ↑ Love Comes Close (Media notes). Cold Cave. Matador Records. 2009. CD digipack tray. OLE-913-2.
  33. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (February 22, 2013). "R.I.P. Former Cold Cave Member Justin Benoit". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  34. ↑ "Interview: Cold Cave". SmartBeijing.com. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  35. ↑ "Cold Cave – God Made The World 7" (Picture Disc) - Two-Step Records". Twosteprecords.es. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
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  37. 1 2 3 4 5 Phares, Heather. "Cold Cave — Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
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  39. ↑ Dombal, Ryan (October 7, 2009). "New Release: Cold Cave: 'Death Comes Close' 12" Single". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  40. ↑ "Stars Explode — Releases". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  41. ↑ "Life Magazine Remixes EP — Releases". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  42. ↑ "New Morale Leadership". Matador Records. April 28, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  43. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (February 3, 2011). "New Cold Cave: 'The Great Pan Is Dead'". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  44. ↑ "New Cold Cave single, 'Villains of the Moon'". Matador Records. April 1, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  45. ↑ "Cold Cave played the Guggenheim, gave away 7"s (pics)". Brooklyn Vegan. Buzz Media. April 30, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  46. ↑ Marotta, Michael (February 14, 2016). "Valentine's Decay: Listen to Cold Cave's very dark new single, 'Nothing Is True But You'". Vanyaland. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
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