As a big fan of Cold Cave I was surprised and pleased to see what webzine It’s A Trap had to say after hearing the promo versions of the new Agent Side Grinder albums. The official Cold Cave debut was sold out very fast but a re-issue is planned for next month. I was happy to find a still sealed copy. Also check out the ‘Cremations’ compilation cd. Anyway, here is what It’s A Trap wrote:
“To borrow the lexicon of the financial pages: I am downgrading Cold Cave
to a Sell while upgrading my rating on Agent Side Grinder to Strong Buy. I believe that Cold Cave’s market has reached saturation and become overvalued while Agent Side Grinder has nowhere to go but up, especially considering the upcoming Q4 release of both “Irish recording tape” and “The transatlantic tape project” (via Enfant Terrible, vinyl-only). The former is of primarily interest to me, as it shows tremendous growth over last year’s self-titled release and I must also commend them for the recruitment Alexander Blomqvist (on live bass) as he appears to have brought many new strengths with him to the executive team. The fine qualities that first caught my attention when I rated them a Buy (ie, the driving, dirty industrial beats) are still very much in place, only now far more refined and developed. I expect 2010 to be a very good year for Agent Side Grinder and don’t expect them to face much serious competition for market share.”
Source: http://www.itsatrap.com/
Cold Cave: http://www.myspace.com/coldcave
Agent Side Grinder: http://www.myspace.com/agentsidegrinder