Rebecca Nicholson 

Crystal Fighters: Cave Rave – review

The British/Spanish six-piece's "crystal" moniker feels a bit dated, and so does their music, writes Rebecca Nicholson
  
  


For those of us who thought "crystal"-named bands had all died out a couple of years ago, perhaps having impaled themselves on the sharp edge of a pentagram or tripped over their robes into a symbolic abyss, here are Crystal Fighters, keeping the hallucinogenics-and-beards trope alive. This British/Spanish six-piece's second album sounds like an unsettling mix of Icelandic ad-friendly rockers Of Monsters and Men and a Gracelands-era Paul Simon tribute act, left out to bake in the scorching midday sun. There are moments of curiosity, particularly when they tone it down a bit – These Nights is gently summery, and You & I has festival singalong appeal – but on the whole it feels a little dated and overcooked.

 

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