There's been a lot of talk about Cold Cave: stream the Philly/NYC crew's Matador-reissued collection here and decide where you stand on their icy synth-pop.

When we called recent Philadelphia/New York crew Cold Cave a Band To Watch last December, we mentioned Heartworm Press, which frontman Wesley Eisold runs with the writer, curator, and now-again Cold Cave member Max G. Morton (who shows up candleside in the video for "Love Comes Close"). Heartworm released the first Cold Cave collection Coma Poti...

As reported via the Outsiders a few months ago, goth-inflected San Diego duo Blessure Grave did a split 12" with Crocodiles and Cold Cave (amid a zillion other releases). If you wanted a tighter aesthetic triangle, though, you'd do well to put them opposite Cold Cave again, then toss Former Ghosts into the mix. Or, looking backwards, as I said t...

The title track from BTW Cold Cave's Love Comes Close -- originally released on their own Heartworm Press imprint -- nails a dreamy, soul-sick New Order vibe, but the shape-shifting Philadelphia/New York outfit approach the formula with a much darker undertone (as if Ian Curtis sang "Bizarre Love Triangle," or whatever). The group, which now con...

Philadelphia BTW Cold Cave is an interesting entity, straddling noise, synth-pop, darkwave, power electronics, and art/transgressive literature via their Heartworm Press. (You might recognize their current cover star Marti Domination from Cremaster 1.) Wesley Eisold remains the central creator, it seems, but he's joined by a revolving cast that ...