Cardia
(Silverthree)
by Tim Den
If you look hard enough, you can see Cardia floating on the horizon between post-hardcore’s skyline and Jeff Buckley-style dream pop’s ocean blue. And at dusk, sometimes you can even see traces of British shoegazing (“Last Forever,” with its My Bloody Valentine guitar jerks) lingering about.
The combination of tight songwriting, expert performances, and engineer know-how (Love and drummer Andy Action are both knob-twiddlers) help Cardia leave a steep impression with this debut. Already confirmed for this year’s Leeds and Reading festivals, it’s only a matter of time before these guys become forerunners in their genre.
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