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Article: WORLD CLASS
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- The Independent Weekly
- Article date:
- July 16, 2008
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CALTROP
WORLD CLASS
(Holidays For Quince Records)
If Chapel Hill quartet Caltrop has a weakness, it's one of audience perception, something that's well beyond the control of any such upstart. On the band's long-anticipated first full-length, World Class, the rifls and rhythms explore the turbocharge and high volume of metal, and-averaging just under seven minutes each-these seven tracks speak to obsession with both size and stamina. Frontman Sam Taylor raises his voice, lifting laments with an ireful semi-shout. But for its jazz-conscious thematic variations and stainless, piercing electric blues leads, much of what makes World Class so impressive also runs the risk of sounding thin or ...