Beetroot

by Cast

Overview

Cast's fourth album starts off with a big pop bang and never lets up. "Desert Drought" is a whirling blast of horns, bongos, soulful backup vocals, and John Power's reedy and wailing vocals that sound a bit like what the Stone Roses may have done if they hadn't disappeared up their own arses. The song's message is one of positivity and hope and that feeling runs throughout the whole album, especially on the sprawling and semi-epic "Jetstream." So does a sense of sonic adventurousness as each song sounds like a lot of time was spent on the small details -- the surface noise on "Kingdom & Crowns," the cheesy wah-wah guitar on "I Never Can Say," the circus-like keyboards on "High Wire," the parping flute on the groovy "U-Turn." Beetroot is a really solid modern rock record; John Power's vocals are great and the songwriting is uniformly strong. Yet another case of a band doing their best work once no one cares about them anymore. If you were a fan of Cast and wrote them off you really should give them another chance. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2019
Label:	Demon Records
UPC:	5014797899803
Rank:	153211

Tracks

1. Desert Drought
2. Heal Me
3. Curtains
4. Kingdoms and Crowns
5. Giving It All Away
6. Lose Myself
7. I Can Never Say
8. High Wire
9. Meditations
10. Jetstream
11. U-Turn
12. Universal Grinding Wheel

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cast   Primary Artist
Michelle John   Vocals (Background)
John Power   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Tom Watson   Brass,Brass
William Watson   Brass
David Farmer   Brass
James Gerard Watson   Brass
David Williamson   Brass
Peter Wilkinson   Bass,Vocals (Background)
James Watson   Brass
Mitchell John   Vocals (Background)
David Vines   Brass
Tom Edwards   Brass
Keith O'Neill   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Lurine Cato   Vocals (Background)
Rachel McFarlene   Vocals (Background)
David Willilamson   Brass
Keith Slade   Brass
Paul Ellison   Flute,Piano
Richard Brown   Brass

Technical Credits

Kevin Metcalfe   Mastering
Claire Lewis   Assistant Engineer
John Power   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Adrian Hall   Assistant Engineer
Damon Iddins   Assistant Engineer
Tristin Norwell   Mixing,Arranger,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Lawrence Johnson   Vocal Arrangement
Stuart Miller   Pro-Tools,Programming
Brian Cannon   Collage
Simon Sheridan   Engineer
Martyn Goodacre   Photography
Liam Tyson   Sounds
Mathew Sankey   Design