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Melkbelly “Cawthra”

There’s a wired restlessness to pretty much all of Melkbelly’s music, a crazed energy that comes through even in the relatively still and relaxed bits of a track like “Cawthra.” The song is built so the entire first minute or so is like a lit fuse, and you feel the inevitability of the explosion coming even if you’re not totally sure on which measure it’ll come. The loud bits are cathartic, but the more quiet parts are the draw – there’s a touch of childlike mischief to the vocal melody, and hidden subtleties to the mounting tension.

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