Castevet
Bio
Lauded as one of 2009’s very best records by critics and fans alike, Castevet’s amazing debut, Summer Fences, paid homage to the quartet’s influences — bands such as Chicago brethren Ghosts And Vodka, The Appleseed Cast, Small Brown Bike and The Casket Lottery — while never completely succumbing to the weight of those torchbearers’ important contributions to the scene they helped build. Shades of gorgeous, twinkly 90’s Midwestern emo collided with a brawny-yet-brainy punk rock explosion and in the process, spawned something altogether exciting and new.
Bio courtesy of the good people at Tiny Engines.
Press
“Perfect blend of all the greatest moments from the ’90s emo/indie/post-hardcore scenes.”
-Punknews.org (4.5/5)
“This may be the ballsiest band in punk rock today, because for some reason they’ve convinced themselves they can take on post-rock instrumentalists like American Football, Appleseed Cast and dare to blend it with Small Brown Bike or The Casket Lottery. There’s a fine line between courage and stupidity and Chicago’s Castevet manages, somehow beyond all probability, to stay between those tight confines all the way through.”
-Deckfight
“It’s really easy: CHUCK RAGAN fronts AMERICAN FOOTBALL. If that doesn’t set you a-twitter, really, there’s not much that will.”
-Pastepunk
“Musically, Castevet paint a gorgeous landscape of angular melody and tuneful dynamics, this will bring to mind some of the classics like Texas Is The Reason, Minus The Bear or Mineral.”
-GO211
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laaaaame: Castevet / (Get) Bucktown Tue, Jan 17, 2012 sickjams: Chilsen CASTEVET Thu, Dec 22, 2011 fuckyeahcstvt: Bobby Markos of Native being pro at air guitar... Wed, Dec 21, 2011
Bobby Markos of Native being pro at air guitar and posing as Ron?s twin.
Haha, this is great!
Got this in the mail yesterday.
Castevet/Into It. Over It. - Snack Town.
Screen printed copy, 57/100 on brown vinyl. Mmm.
Now I just need to find the Through Being Cool mock cover?
