Stream: Cheatahs, ‘Su-Pra’

Kevin Bronson on October 29th, 2015

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London-based shoegazers Cheatahs aren’t messing around. Since the quartet (Nathan Hewitt, Dean Reid, James Wignall and Marc Raue) released their self-titled debut 18 months ago, they’ve followed with two EPs and, this week, their sophomore full-length “Mythologies.” The new release sees Cheatahs incrementally expanding their sound beyond their effects pedals, although they were pretty adept at that, their short catalog putting them in the league with the likes of Swervedriver and the Telescopes. The meat of the new album — “Channel View,” “In Flux,” “Freak Waves” and “Signs to Lorelei” — billows toward shoegaze heaven, the songs bending into melancholic soundscapes. Elsewhere, the band experiments with synths, as in the swirling noise-rock of the headphones-worthy “Su-Pra.” Says Hewitt: “The lyrics are made up of one long word, broken up into eight sections. Supraphysiological means having too much of a particular substance in the body — which is how this song makes me feel.” “Mythologies” (streaming in full here) is out Friday via Wichita Recordings.

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