Cafaco is a one person bedroom artist from Dallas, Texas, who released Nice to Meet You. The artist has only been playing instruments like guitar for a couple of years so this is his first effort. His music is distorted and often feels kinetic.
The title track “Nice to Meet You” is a whopping eleven-plus-minutes long. It starts with a fairly simple beat from a drum machine and single note delay guitar. The bass comes in and the timing was off and eventually things start to coalesce to a fairly hopeful sounding garage rock riff. Distorted vocals come into the song and they are in fact so distorted you can’t make out any of the lyrics. The song gets a little experimental and seems to implement effects like a bit crusher as the song ebbs and flows with energy. Up next is “Sunset.” The song is a slower and he seems to be lamenting most of the time. His vocals are more distorted than ever. At its best there is some resemblance to early TV on the Radio. “False Start” sounds like the title. You start to notice similarities in his palette by the time you get to “Mellodrama” which is a good thing because it forms a signature sound. “Mellodrama” was an undeniable highlight. The vocals are infectious and I thought the elements in the song worked really well together. “Omae o Zutto Aishiteiru” is a little too intense for me. It sounded like the whole song was mostly phaser and distortion. “Mirrohead” and “Neptune'' have their moments but the more gothic “Fly on the Wall” is a highlight. He closes with an ambient piece entitled “How it Feels to Drive” but it sounded like it belonged on a different release. Overall, I thought this was a solid bedroom release. I’m interested to hear where he goes from here.
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