Qulture Magazine

Words: Madi Briggs

The Kaves certainly make a brilliant first introduction with their newest single ‘Superglue’. Having never heard of them before, I was blown away by just how gorgeous this song was and can proudly say that they’ve gained a new fan. Following along from their highly successful debut EP ‘Peace, Love, Mayhem’, the track perfectly fuses the 90s/2000s alt-rock with the modern day making for a song that you just keep coming back to.

The start knocks you off your feet. An explosion of sound, it gives off an air of Greenday circa ‘American Idiot’ which I’m absolutely not going to complain about. The energy rises and falls near the beginning with Dave MacDiarmid quieter vocals taking it down a notch, keeping you gripped as the song moves forward. The song’s about sheer desperation, trying to keep something together even though you know it’s destined to fall apart. I think it’s something that we can all relate to in some ways, we all have/had that one thing that we can’t bear to let go of no matter how much it’s hurting us.

Grungy and deliberate, it was amazing listening to the song come into its own. Everything works fantastically together from the hard-hitting riffs (courtesy of MacDiarmid and Liam Prior) to Evan Hunter’s and Sean Prior’s thrashy rhythm section. While you can definitely hear influences from other bands (think KEO, Wunderhorse and The Clause), The Kaves are still, refreshingly themselves, as they carve out their own space in the scene. Having played shows across the UK and even taking part in the famous New Colossus festival in New York City, they’re firmly establishing themselves as ones to watch.

‘Superglue’ has immediately stuck itself into my favourites. Thrilling with some calmer moments thrown in too, The Kaves pack a lot into a song that’s less than four minutes, resulting in something infectious and undeniably brilliant.