Slower and more pensive than previous efforts, Elusive Truth is Spirit Caravan’s finest work to date, more thoughtful and philosophical, but no less rocking.
Most indie scensters’ve heard of Bright Eyes. Their lo-fi bedroom singer/songwriter ballads subtly deliver tales of the darker side of the human experience.
They take the Gothenburg sound and kick up the technicality level, add some keyboard swells, and obviously know the right influences to wear on their sleeves.
This record is purely heavy rock born of the molten tar pits that heaved the very early Blue Cheer and the wicked burned-over thud of Zeppelin live in ’69.