Kobadelta – The Hidden Door EP
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Psychedelic Indie rockers Kobadelta release their new EP.
So what’s this Newcastle thing that’s going on eh? Last week Bernaccia graced my ears with their
wonderful Cinema, now I find the new Kobadelta EP daring to permanently fix
itself to my cd. It’s five tracks, each
one able to stand tall on its own merits, are delightful slabs of neo
psychedelia, blues influenced indie pop-rock.
Clear hints of The Doors and the Bunnymen form the base with a
Kobadelta twist thrown in for good measure to complete a brooding, often
haunting sound.
Opener, Supernatural Cause plods into being with a confident and
comfortable swagger, possibly hints of Nirvana grunge in between guitars which
almost distort but are finely controlled on the mixing desk taking the sound as
far as it can possibly go. It’s not just
cracking melodies either, lyrically Kobadelta are special too, telling stories
along the way.
There may even be hints of The Artic Monkeys here too, but
essentially Kobadelta take their influences and weave them into a sound which
is very much their own. Electric Chair throbs along with a cracking bass line
and some awesome lyrics – ‘the bosom entices, go suck on your thumb. I’m trapped in the Abbey with the bisexual
nuns’.
Love Stoned Chic is as Jim Morrison as it gets. Wonderful stuff. Lazily buzzing along with a degree of
maturity that you rarely get from a young band. They clearly exude a confidence
and swagger beyond their years.
Not Above And Not Behind takes a more subdued tone with murder
ballad type dark lyrics describing a dead love ‘I took a branch out of the family
tree….. you’ll always walk beside me’. The title track again is slow paced with
brooding lyrics, up there with the best of modern poetry and still packing a
punch.
In short, this is a superb collection with five tracks each worthy of being credited as the lead. Haunting, mesmerising and powerful. You haven't heard the last of Kobadelta.
9/10
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