Numero Group (2025)
This is the last of the 3 recent Numero box sets I've picked up. Like the Boys Life and Boilermaker sets before, Numero has done an fantastic job with this set. It has all of the bells and whistles you come to expect from their releases: great artwork, great liner notes, great sound and a thorough track listing.
Clikitat Ikatowi is a band name that I think I first heard of when Mario Rubalcaba joined Rocket From The Crypt. The band was no more at that point and I didn't back track and hunt down any of their records that I had missed. I'm not even sure why, as I usually tend to do that. But their scarcity or my unfamiliarity with them just made them one of those bands that I kept meaning to get to, but never did. Numero did the hard work for me and have compiled all of their songs from their lone proper full length, an EP, their demo and compilation appearances.
It's another one of those instances where I wish I had been listening to this band all along. I especially think that had I been able to hear them in the 90s when I was exploring bands like Unwound, Karp and godHeadsilo, I probably would have become very attached. Honestly, they blow Karp and godHeadsilo out of the water and are every bit as compelling as the best moments of Unwound even if the sound isn't completely similar.
They're also a band that shows quite a bit of growth from release to release. While you can definitely tell they are the same band all the way through, they really coalesce into a tight knit unit by the time we get to their swan song, River of Souls. Those songs have a tumultuous churning quality two them, while at the same time displaying a cohesion where you know the band is never going to lose track of the plot. It's a sign of what a great band they were and what a jackass I have been for not listening to them all this time.
Clikatat Ikatowi – The Trials And Tribulations Of...:
https://clikatatikatowi.bandcamp.com/album/the-trials-and-tribulations-of
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