Brute force and naked aggression can get you a long way in thrash, hip-hop, techno, punk, or industrial noise, but in Goth rock, you'd better be able to provide some attractive melodies, and on Caledonia's debut album, Spires, the melodies are as attractive as they are haunting and dark. All of... [+] Expand

Brute force and naked aggression can get you a long way in thrash, hip-hop, techno, punk, or industrial noise, but in Goth rock, you'd better be able to provide some attractive melodies, and on Caledonia's debut album, Spires, the melodies are as attractive as they are haunting and dark. All of the pieces fall into place perfectly on this Goth rock/alternative rock CD. Vocalist Mikaela Pearson brings the dark lyrics to life in a most vivid way, and her colleagues -- Scott Varol (guitar), Kit E. Hawke (bass), and Robert Lacyk (drums) -- provide the right blend of gloom and aggression. In its own brooding, sinister way, Goth is an intensely romantic style of rock. In fact, it's been said that '90s Goth's were disillusioned romantics in a very unromantic society -- imaginative, poetic youths who had no patience for the mundane world around them. And, to be sure, songs like "Garden of Tears," "Dr. Demonic (At the Edge of Light)," and "Widow's Walk" are quite poetic and imaginative, although in a macabre sort of way. It's too bad that Caledonia broke up without ever recording a second album, for these New Yorkers showed a lot of promise on this excellent debut. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide [-] Collapse

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