Don Caballero

Singles Breaking Up (Touch & Go)
by Jon Sarre

While I’m admittedly not a huge fan of instrumental rock, this Don Caballero collection of stuff up ’til now is pretty impressive: loud, gut-churning, no skimping on the bombast, yet melodic… It’s… uh… heavy… like aggro proggy thrash goin’ stop-start, slow-fast pulse like everybody’s gonna cut loose, but then they change their minds, cuz control works well, too. After a string of art fag releases (like Blonde Redhead and Seam) by Touch & Go, this one’s a welcome development in my CD player, even if the vocals are turned way down.
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