Jay Cavalier and the Band and the iconic dark shades and indie rock kicks of "The Big Light"

 

"Pin me down cos I can’t stop the shaking / Help me up, could you hear the neighbours fucking again?  Take me down to the new river's edge / Got some thoughts that I need to get out of my head..."

The iconic dark shades and indie rock kicks of "The Big Light" by London based Jay Cavalier and the Band, is instantly head bopping and iconic, a truly a magnetic sound that exists somewhere between the friendly side of 80's indie rock ala Tom Petty or Donnie Iris and the more 80's unfiltered punkier heaviness of bands like Hüsker Dü and Wipers. This tightrope aesthetic and punchy fluidity feels has an intense pull, a sound that spans generations. In the end, catchy is catchy, the guitar aggressiveness, the gritty throated vocal performance, the country folk rock-isms expressed in twangy guitar bends and even honkytonk dusted piano sprinkled in just makes me smile. I am also feeling the 80's power pop iconography of UK power pop / indie rock outfits like The Only Ones and The Records. 

In the end, "The Big Light", the title track from Jay Cavalier's new 3 track EP (featuring guest vocals from Laura Kovic (Fortitude Valley) feels extraordinarily classic!

-Robb Donker Curtius   

LYRICS

Pin me down cos I can’t stop the shaking,
Help me up, could you hear the neighbours fucking again?
Take me down to the new river's edge
Got some thoughts that I need to get out of my head

It’s getting dark and I’m looking for the big light
Can’t find the courage to put it on this time
Was it not morning like an hour ago?
Keep the curtains closed, don’t want nobody to know

Don’t you lie, you better not be lying
Don’t you lie, You better not be lying to me

I swear I saw josie just a minute ago
I could hear her talking through the walls, but now I don’t know
can’t find my friends all i see is the dead
who keep spoiling all the endings to the books that I haven't read








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Jay Cavalier and the Band, 80's indie, new wave, iconic guitar rock,  between radio rock and punk, catchy pulls, instantly magnetic, evocative vocal performance, punchy guitar licks, "The Big Light" EP / single, London,