Catherine Wheel
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the band Catherine Wheel.
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Catherine Wheel – “Painful Thing E.P.”
The two exclusive songs on the Painful Thing E.P. (“Spin,” “Painful Thing”) are great but really held back by awful production values. Additionally, the two early versions of songs that would end up on Ferment are better experienced there. Rob Dickinson’s vocals sound much younger here than they’d be on their debut and beyond, which… (read more)
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Catherine Wheel – “Happy Days”
‘Happy Days’ is overly heavy, thick, generic grunge-y alternative rock. A gigantic step down from ‘Chrome.’ (read more)
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Catherine Wheel – “Adam and Eve”
I love Catherine Wheel as a band. I love their career as a band less. That might sound weird. Another way of putting it is that I want to like them more than I do because I think they have talent, style, and a phenomenal vocalist. Chrome is one of those albums which I feel… (read more)
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Catherine Wheel – “Chrome”
Woah, Chrome is pretty fucking cool. Dissonant alternative rock/shoegaze that perfectly captures the aquatic, drowning feel of the album cover. Lyrics are dark, the melodies are catchy and enveloping. A real trip where every song is a stand-out. To me, Chrome is Catherine Wheel‘s greatest album bar none, and one of the best alternative rock… (read more)