Caveman lead singer/songwriter Matthew Iwanusa recently described his band’s sonic objectives for their upcoming self-titled sophomore album as “a spaceship flying over the woods at night, [with] all the lights bouncing through the trees.” On the slowly cascading “Over My Head,” the New York-based quintet make good on their promise, launching a massive star cruiser of a post-rock aria that’s propelled by burned-off synth lines and hazy narcotic guitar riffs. Iwanusa surrenders to the track’s imposing inertia, performing in a beguiled falsetto that rises and falls with the flow of the group’s spaced out grandeur. The sheer tonnage of Caveman’s galaxy-sized sound allows “Over My Head” to possess an almost overwhelming sense of expanse and scale.

[from Caveman; out 04/02/13 via Fat Possum]