| God Made the World | |
| Cover: | Cold Cave - God Made the World.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cold Cave |
| Genre: | Synthpop[1] |
| Label: | Heartworm Press |
| Producer: | Wesley Eisold |
| Prev Title: | Oceans with No End |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Black Boots |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
"God Made the World" is a song by American synthpop act Cold Cave. It was released in 2013 as a single through Heartworm Press — a publishing company and a record label founded by Wesley Eisold of Cold Cave. The release is a part of the series of singles released by Cold Cave in 2013.[2] Alongside the other 2013 singles, it was included in Full Cold Moon compilation album in 2014.[3]
The lyrics of the song were etched on the b-side of the 7" vinyl release. The digital version of the single also featured an instrumental track titled, "Dandelion."[4]
Harley Brown of Pitchfork labeled the single as "best new track," writing: "“God” is a fitting sermon of love indeed, a tentatively uplifting departure from Eisold’s industrial-strength “Oceans With No End” single. New wave-y guitars act as the sinew holding Eisold’s thin, aching murmurs to a racing beat that nearly runs away from him."[5] Fact magazine described the song as "an exercise in Factory Records fetishism," while also stating: "It’s not that Eisold doesn’t carry the New Order/Joy Division banner well, but the track does border on derivative, at least for us."[6] John Hall of The Independent compared the song's "post-punk guitars and the beat" to the works of New Order or Depeche Mode, mentioning that it is "considerably darker than The Boy Least Likely To."[7] Kyle McGovern of Spin also noted the "New Order-indebted" elements on the song.[4]
Josiah Hughes of Exclaim! wrote: "The track's another melodic synth anthem with mechanical beats and a hint of guitar, though it's one of the more pop-oriented Cold Cave works in recent memory."[8] Michael Roffman of Consequence of Sound commented that "Wesley Eisold lays all his cards down for a Jim Reid flush." He also described the track as a "melancholic number sounds like a walking leather jacket," nodding to the single's artwork.[9]
Personnel as adapted from the official Heartworm Press website:[10]