CSTVT (Chicago, I.L.)
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Will McEvilly – guitar
Ron Petzke – bass / vocals
Josh Snader – drums
Nick Wakim – guitar / vocals

BIO
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Lauded as one of 2009′s very best records by critics and fans alike, Castevet‘s amazing debut, Summer Fences, paid homage to the quartet’s influences – bands such as Chicago brethren Ghosts And Vodka, The Appleseed Cast, Small Brown Bike and The Casket Lottery – while never completely succumbing to the weight of those torchbearers’ important contributions to the scene they helped build. Shades of gorgeous, twinkly 90′s Midwestern emo collided with a brawny-yet-brainy punk rock explosion and in the process, spawned something altogether exciting and new.

Castevet’s latest achievement, the eight-song The Echo & The Light, doesn’t miss a single beat, picking up where Summer Fences left off and honing in on the band’s most positive attributes. Leaning less on the sweeping atmospherics and lush soundscapes of its debut, Castevet kicks up the distortion and fuzz pedals that lace kinetic, intertwining guitars while placing a greater emphasis on the gritty vocals and concise songs wound tightly around propulsive, math-tinged instrumental passages. If Summer Fences was the result of a band experimenting with an abundance of great ideas, The Echo & The Light is that band only using the very best of those.

RELEASES
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The Echo & The Light LP (TE104)
Release Date: 08/17/10

Originally pressed in CD and tape format as an extremely limited six-song EP for the band’s 09 Winter tour, the six tracks – plus two brand new offerings – have been re-recorded and packaged in beautiful 12″ vinyl format by Tiny Engines. If you haven’t jumped on the Castevet bandwagon yet, The Echo & The Light is just the release to welcome you aboard. While no one is claiming that this eight-song gem falls anywhere in the “poppy” category, there’s no denying that it’s the band’s catchiest, most upbeat and dynamic offering to date. Read more …