Caveman Wakes Up

by Friendship

Caveman Wakes Up cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 May 2025
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:00
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Defined by Dan Wriggins' lethargic, highly poetic talk-singing, 'Caveman Wakes Up' is a masterclass in slow, introspective alt-country. The Philadelphia outfit creates a warm, mellow indie rock soundscape that explores mundane observations and bittersweet reflections on working-class realities.

Genres

Descriptors: talk-singing, conversational, observational, confessional, plainspoken

Tracklist

  1. Salvage Title (2:48)
  2. Tree of Heaven (4:37)
  3. Betty Ford (4:25)
  4. Free Association (4:35)
  5. Hollow Skulls (4:53)
  6. Artex (3:08)
  7. Love Vape (3:34)
  8. Wildwood in January (4:30)
  9. Resident Evil (4:13)
  10. All Over the World (5:05)
  11. Fantasia (4:06)

Credits

  • Friendship - primary artist
  • Jon Samuels - bass, synth
  • Michael Cormier - drums, percussion, piano, organ, synth, vibraphone, drum machine, strings, woodwind
  • Adelyn Strei - flute, clarinet
  • Peter Gill - guitar, synth, vibraphone, vocals
  • Dan Wriggins - lead vocals, guitar
  • Jason Calhoun - violin

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