Cold Cave – Full Cold Moon (Ice Blue Glitter Vinyl)

Cold Cave – FULL COLD MOON (ICE BLUE GLITTER VINYL) is a compilation LP on Heartworm Press that brings together five separate EP recordings under one roof, now pressed on ice blue glitter vinyl for the first time.

Wesley Eisold and the Cold Cave Sound

Cold Cave is the project of Wesley Eisold, and if you’ve spent any time with Joy Division or early New Order, you already have a foothold into what’s happening here. Eisold works in darkwave, noise, and synthpop, pulling them together into something that sits closer to post-punk than to the more polished end of electronic music. There’s atmosphere, there’s grit, and there’s a specific coldness to the production that feels deliberate rather than accidental. Cold Cave has built a dedicated following precisely because that combination is harder to execute than it sounds, and Eisold does it with consistency across releases.

What Full Cold Moon Collects and Why It Matters

Cold Cave – FULL COLD MOON (ICE BLUE GLITTER VINYL) compiles the “A Little Death to Laugh,” “Oceans With No End,” “God Made the World,” “Black Boots,” and “Nausea, the Earth and Me” EPs, all originally released individually in 2014. Getting this material in one place already makes a strong case for the record, but there are two details that push it further. First, “Dandelion” appears on vinyl here for the very first time. Second, the entire “Nausea, the Earth and Me” EP makes its vinyl debut with this pressing. For anyone tracking Cold Cave’s catalogue, those are two gaps that this record closes. The full twelve-track sequence runs from “A Little Death to Laugh” through to “Beaten 1979,” covering a range of the atmospheric and abrasive textures Eisold works across.

The Pressing: Ice Blue Glitter Vinyl, Heartworm Press, Cat. HRTWRM 104

This LP comes out on Heartworm Press, Eisold’s own label, under catalog number HRTWRM 104. The ice blue glitter vinyl is a significant upgrade from a standard black pressing, and given that this is a compilation of EP material that previously existed across separate releases, the format choice suits the occasion. It’s the kind of variant that makes sense to pick up specifically because the music inside justifies the collectibility of the package. If you already own the individual EPs on earlier formats, the vinyl debuts alone are a reasonable argument for adding this one. If you’re coming to Cold Cave fresh, this is a solid entry point that covers a concentrated stretch of his output in a single, well-presented object.

Tracklist

1. A LITTLE DEATH TO LAUGH
2. YOUNG PRISONER DREAMS OF ROMANCE
3. TRISTAN CORBIERE
4. OCEANS WITH NO END
5. PEOPLE ARE POISON
6. GOD MADE THE WORLD
7. DANDELION
8. BLACK BOOTS
9. MEANINGFUL LIFE
10. NAUSEA, THE EARTH AND ME
11. DON'T BLOW UP THE MOON
12. BEATEN 1979