Cavern Deep Post Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Cover “Muffin Man”
Legit move by Swedish trio Cavern Deep in following up their 2021 self-titled debut (review here) on Interstellar Smoke Records with something as offbeat and ‘other’ as a cover of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. The album as you’ll recall was a deeply conceptual work, based around a coherent narrative structure that was expressed in music and lyrics alike. If the intent is to show listeners that that’s not what you’re going to do all the time coming off your first proper release, then yeah, this greatly broadens the trajectory of the band. The best way to let people know you’re going to do whatever the hell you want is to do that. So here we are.
The three-piece have another full-length in the can as they announced a bit ago, and they’ve done numerous videos to help spread word about the self-titled. I’m not sure if this cover means they’re done with that record entirely or not — seems early to be, despite the mileage they’ve gotten from it, in promo terms — but while they’ve changed the scope of the band here and demonstrated that they have more than just that one story to tell, they’ve remained consistent in their will to move forward and their abiding restlessness.
Cavern Deep‘s take on “Muffin Man” is out now and streaming. Audio and info follow, courtesy of the PR wire:
Cavern Deep Release Cover Of Frank Zappa’s “Muffin Man”
Doom Act Cavern Deep Release a cover of Frank Zappa’s legendary song “Muffin Man.”
Cavern Deep adds – “This is an homage to the great Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart’s masterpiece “The Muffin Man”. We came up with the idea of doing this cover late at night whilst inspecting some beverages, and it still felt like a good idea the day after, so we recorded it. The tone is not as serious as in our S/T debut album, which is the point. We aim to show that Cavern Deep will aim to be more than just a cave dwelling doom act.”
Order the full album on vinyl :
https://interstellarsmokerecords.bigcartel.com/product/isr045-cavern-deep-cavern-deep-isr-vinyl-edition
Listen to the full album now:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5p3uOPfKxTvfH4w61qToq4?si=SXvDdXMZScSQkBuQcBOU3Q&dl_branch=1
Cavern Deep is:
Kenny-Oswald Duvfenberg – Guitars and Vocals
Max Malmer – Bass and Vocals
Dennis Sjödin – Drums, Backup Vocals and Keys
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Do you think they know Slabdragger did this one too?
https://slabdragger.bandcamp.com/track/muffin-man
Bastard thing gets stuck in my head for weeks.
Man, a Slabdragger/Wren split! I’m sorry I missed that pressing.