There’s something about two-piece bands that just ooze
energy, perhaps it’s the 200% effort they give to make up for the missing
members, maybe it’s just the raw passion of owning the spotlight, that every
moment is given greater authority. Whatever that spirit is, duos are appearing
in increasing numbers, making it less of a niche thing, however, none of them
hurl as many screams, thrash as many riffs, thump as much destruction, or serge
as much adrenaline as Cardiel. These guys are gonna do their best to fuck you
up!
Based in Valencia, Mexico City, the
punk-dub-stoner-metal-psychedelic pairing of Samantha Ambrosio (drums, vocals)
and Miguel Fraino (guitar, vocals) is as ferocious as much as it is euphoric.
Based around an underlying love of skateboarding, the duo have crafted a record
which throws you around the room by the neck from a thousand miles an-hour with
their breakneck speed thrashing, to grinding to a dub-step-reggae halt with
droned out grooves. Local Solo is as
unsettling as it is exhilarating.
Whether you’re racing down the highway on a board or not,
the sheer youthful aggressive riffs that Cardiel thrash out are staggering in
their depth, pace, and time scale. If you knew where tracks such as ‘Tabla’ or ‘STYG’
were heading then you’d be a liar as their sheer power keeps you gripped and
desperate to hear every last frenetic riff and venomous spat vocal. When you
think you’ve got an idea of what the band
are about, they throw you into three minutes of dub reggae at the end of
‘Preveral en el Coping’, or slap you across
the face with gut-busting atomic riffs on ‘Sheriff Hernandez’.
What must not be lost amongst all of the riffs and
thunderous drumming is the musical prowess of these two. Such dramatic turns of
pace, changes of not just time signatures, but crossings of genres, feeding off
of each others’ baited breath, to craft songs of coherence alone would be
impressive, never mind the sheer beauty of their youthful destruction.
Cardiel cannot be held down and pigeonholed into fitting
into genres or categories, they are a bomb in mid explosion, filling every
space with their raw and brutal energy, and often devastating musical ability.
For an album to give your day a severe kick to the head, Local Solo is a must.
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