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Love Comes Close is the debut full length from Cold Cave. Written and recorded in Philadelphia in 2008-09, the album was released by Heartworm Press and then re-released by Matador Records just as the band was beginning its foray into cult status.
Late night bedroom dark anthems for isolated dreamers with nods to the early years of synth pop and experimentation ala The Human League, Throbbing Gristle and New Order. Along with the title track, songs like "Life Magazine", "Heaven Was Full" and "Youth and Lust" went on to become live staples with their equal measures of romance and nihilism.
Remastered and cut by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service.
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lyrics
Is this the voice you've been calling
Decorated in despair
Is this the pace you've been crawling
Celebrated without care
Of all the girls tying ropes to tall trees
I was bored so I hung there with you
Why'd you go and candycoat me
And then treat me like a cavity
While bigger drills dig holes through me
Of all the boys smashing heads in the city
Heaven was full so i went down with you
I will pity you 'til your pretty
What's a love without some struggle
You'll rest while I stitch your knuckles
Of all the corners you've been cutting your teeth again on my skin
I don't know when the beginning ends or when the end begins
supported by 47 fans who also own “Heaven Was Full”
It's uncanny just how good Actors is at emulating that Post-Punk synth sound from my younger days.
Each listen just gets better and better. I feel slightly ashamed for not having heard this album until a few short days ago. modestwriggles
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