Cold Pumas – The Hanging Valley
Released August 26th, 2016
Cold Pumas opt for a shoegazey version of dissonance, duration and repetition on The Hanging Valley. You could quite easily sit listening to The Hanging Valley without paying attention to a single lyric which may be for the best. Cold Pumas expanded their lineup to a four-piece and swapped Brighton for London. Not that any of that seems to have had a particularly profound effect on their sound: post-punk that’s long since been done to death. The album perhaps feels a bit wearying as a whole piece, and to be honest it’s difficult to listen to all the way through, because even though the whole set is only 38 minutes, each song is long enough to push your capacity for concentration somewhat.
2.5 out of 5 stars
