Self-Released, 2007Polish music will probably be always musically retarded and we will be always following Western examples with almost ten-years-long delay. New wave music, grunge, britpop and indie-rock are the best examples of such an effect. The same thing is with post-rock which, finally, after ten years (supposing that Mogwai’s first album is the beginning of this genre) comes to Poland. Probably guys from California Stories Uncovered realized that no one in this country had been playing like that before, they found some potential audience and filled the gap with their music. Clever – we could say. But I think that it’s not only a cold calculation or a way to come out from the shitty Polish so-called underground. I’ve seen California Stories Uncovered live many times because in their, and simultaneously my, hometown they play very often and I had a good impression every time. This music is created and later performed with a passion which many other Polish bands or artists lack. At the same time California Stories Uncovered sounds fresh but this freshness seems to be past its sell-by date. That’s why those recordings won’t succeed anywhere. We’ve already heard it, this is not a proper time for such music and our expectations are different. Post-rock music is, in fact, still the same and it doesn’t matter who performs it – Mogwai, Explosion in the Sky (that’s the biggest CSU’s inspiration) or someone else – listening to this music we know in advance what will happen and, anyway, we have to wait for it for a long time. To conclude, California Stories Uncovered is a new thing but only on a local scale. They introduce a new quality or attach some prestige here, but only for a moment. The four tracks from debut EP are good to listen to them twice or three times. So, if you want to try, here they are.
3/5
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