Summary from 5 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Calla’s catalog across 4 albums from 5 opinions, with an overall average of 7.5/10. The top-rated Calla album is Scavengers (2001) with a 8.3/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Collisions and Televise. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2001 to 2007.
Scavengers
“Calla's 1999 self-titled debut was the type of record that's typically filed under "avant" in loftier music stores. Not quite rock, not quite post-rock, it was a fuzz-caked affair described by luminaries like *Alternative Press* as, "Quiet tension without release and music without boundaries." Truth be told, with its vocals mixed super-low, screeching guitars, and nearly formless songwriting, *Cal”
Televise
“2001's *Scavengers* marked Calla's departure from the amorphous reaches of their debut, and they've been driving steadily songward ever since. Once the sublimation of their old tendencies toward hiss manipulation and feedback resulted in such a startling transformation as "Fear of Fireflies", there was no turning back, and why should there have been? *Scavengers* was a clear demonstration that the”
Strength In Numbers (Bonus Track Version)
“There's no getting around the fact that Calla's biggest selling point (or dealbreaker, depending on your stance) is their stalwart fixation on the melancholy. On early albums, the band sowed the seeds of that bleakness in songs devoid of ear-grabbing hooks or lofty climaxes, relying instead on more oblique methods of emotional venting. However, continuing to up the emotive ante set by 2005's surpr”