Music Review // Keegan Powell "In My Cave"

 

If there was ever a song to start with such a foot stomping distortion blast of rock I'm not sure I've heard it.   Somewhere between Local H, The White Stripes and Metric, Keegan Powell takes these existing sounds and blends them together in a way I haven't really heard any artist do before now.  

At its heaviest, this song could be borderline metal, but it's overall just a great rock n roll number, channeling classic rock icons such as Led Zeppelin and Joan Jett.   Keegan Powell definitely seems to be forging her own path though, as this song declares that with a bolt of lightning from the very first note and right up until the very end.

As the lyrics in this song can just ask for a break, I feel like being "In My Cave" is something we can all relate with in both a literal and metaphorical sense.   Sometimes the world just gets you down and it feels like nothing is going your way.  Sometimes it just keeps throwing one thing after another at you to the point where you don't want to go outside.  Sometimes it's just raining.

But however you want to hear this song in terms of comparisons or why you want to hole up inside, the fact remains that it does shed light on that topic and it is important at times to rest and just take a break from whatever is outside.   I hope that when those days come when you don't want to leave your cave you can put this song on, get through it and get back to feeling like you are catching a break.