''Full Cold Moon'' is a

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by American

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project,

Cold Cave Cold Cave is the solo project for musician Wesley Eisold, described as a "collage of dark wave, darkwave, noise music, noise, and synthpop." A number of reviewers note the affinity with early 1980s post-punk and early synthpop, in particular Jo ...

. It was released on May 13, 2014, through project leader Wesley Eisold's own record label, Heartworm Press. The album features the band's limited edition singles that were released through Heartworm Press and Deathwish, Inc., in chronological order. The release of the album was announced on April 21, 2014, through Cold Cave's official

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page.

Critical reception

Ian Cohen of

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wrote that "the album collects the singles to create an account of the imperfect progress of someone trying to take back control of his life." He also stated: "''Full Cold Moon'' is more honest in the sense that Eisold is asking himself harder questions than he did on songs like Underworld USA," while also further adding that the listeners' appreciation for the album "would be inversely proportional to their appreciation of '' Cherish the Light Years''."

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critic John Paul stated: "Spanning the whole of his stylistic spectrum under the Cold Cave guise, ''Full Cold Moon'' could well serve as an abbreviated retrospective of sorts, pulling in his minimalist

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experiments alongside his more overtly

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compositions."

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' Chad Parkhill commented: ". Even if ''Full Cold Moon'' transpires to keep the real Wesley Eisold still hidden from his audience, it seems as though he finally knows who he (and by extension Cold Cave) is."

Track listing

All songs written by Wesley Eisold. # "A Little Death to Laugh" # "Young Prisoner Dreams of Romance" # "Tristan Corbière" # " Oceans with No End" # "People Are Poison" # "Black Boots" # "Meaningful Life" # " God Made the World" # "Dandelion" # "Nausea, the Earth and Me" # "Don't Blow Up the Moon" # "Beaten 1979"

Personnel

;Cold Cave * Wesley Eisold - writing, performance, recording

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2014 compilation albums Cold Cave albums Deathwish Inc. compilation albums