★★★★★
The term ‘next big thing’ gets bandied around a lot by journos, publicists and assorted others, and almost as often it turns out to be simply hype. This is one of those rare occasions when it is absolutely justified.
Caligula’s Horse will be the next Aussie progressive rock act to make major waves in overseas markets. There, I said it. All the signs are there – they have already had interest from abroad, and Bloom is the album to push them forward.
Bloom is a thing of beauty and wonder. You can certainly hear traces of influences, but the band takes those influences and infuses them with something very much its own. Caligula’s Horse can certainly be heavy when they feel the need, but it’s more of a smooth, quicksilver heaviness that soothes the ear rather than brutalises it, and of course their grasp of dynamics, melody, and light and shade is exemplary.
This is an album that you simply let wash over you, and allow its healing powers to flow through and cure your ills, insecurities and anxieties. It’s time to sit back, watch and listen in awe as this band brings the rest of the world on its journey.
Bloom byCaligula’s Horseis out now on InsideOut.
