CAIRO GANG - Goes Missing LP shoegaze A heaping helping of proto-metal

A heaping helping of proto-metal chops meets paranoid sci-fi fantastical ravings

But as a seemingly infinite stream of cliché-obsessed singer/songwriters using misery as a thinly veiled ploy to get laid has proven

dual drummers and vocalist Rich Stim’s absurdist prose and dizzying sax

It is a minimalist approach to maximum sound

CAIRO GANG - Goes Missing LP shoegaze A heaping helping of proto-metal"The music of Chicagos Cairo Gang is unabashedly retro, and better for it. Band leader Emmett Kelly is so unafraid to echo the past that he drags it into the present, making his influences sound as immediate now as they did when they first came along. "Be What You Are" is a pop rock gem with so many classic touchesrockabilly beat, winding guitars, multi part vocal melody, an efficient two minute runtimethat it sounds less frozen in time than timeless.