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‘Real and Undisputed’ is the refrain that inevitably describes Caldas da Rainha’s art rock and post punk unit, Cave Story. Throughout ‘West’ (2016) and ‘Punk Academics’ (2018) they have modelled an extensive vocabulary of minimalist tunes full of wit and delight, reinvigorating the language of rock and pop in a comprehensive exercise marked by deliberately autonomous working methods of recording, production and experimentation. In ‘The Town’, released at the end of 2021, the group set out to explore song structure in an intimate and intensely textured tone. The beginning of 2023 brought their third album ‘Wide Wall, Tree Fall’. Gonçalo Formiga (vocals, guitar), Ricardo Mendes (drums) and Zé Malfito (samplers, guitar) called on Bia Diniz (April Marmara) to take over the bass in this new line-up.