Darwin Deez
I fell on Darwin Deez more or less by chance (for a friend on the last with the title Nova Tunes Constellation, whose atmosphere airy guitar chords improbable reminiscent of his voice and Strokes atypical and very "out of bed," the so-called Darwin Smith (who often seems on the edge of the yawn) I liked from the first listen, and So I was encouraged to go and learn more about this madman before New Yorkers to the styling evokes a poodle wearing a Rabbi's hat and more broadly on the rest of his work. The above I learn that he has gone through many genres and groups before leaving this eponymous album that I hasten to download (the bastard! ") Legally on iTunes Store, as everyone ... I learned afterwards that he suffers from hyperactivity, attention disorders, it is also a tap dancer in his spare time (report??) Short type a little eccentric, he does part of the "revelations" of Inrocks festival this fall. Suspicions about his eccentricity and his boundless creativity are confirmed soon after seeing the clip title Constellation (whose passage with our singer is serving tea is not a scene reminiscent of legendary Alice in Wonderland => "just half a cup for me "), an amusing quirk, it must be acknowledged.
now to talk about the rest of the album: an energetic pop, rhythmic, without frills, where the jaded voice, the singer almost resolved contrast nicely with the energy released by the accompaniment. If sound effects used by the accompaniment remains broadly unchanged and fairly recurrent on the whole album, their innovative nature, both soft and saturated, because we do not tire so far.
Pleasant surprise, the first five songs are extremely successful and announce a promising drive. Constellation , best known song and the album's most widespread, the tone of the album with a brisk pace, a rhythm guitar omnipresent at the end of each sentence, and a chorus that leaves you speechless both frightening and blissful ... actually I think the main theme evokes this piece, the only one who can both bring all these opposites could be the dream. A first striking, innovative and fairly representative of the sound and atmosphere of the entire album.
Deep Sea Divers The second piece is played on a mood this time much more marked by boredom (the singer, certainly not ours) and nostalgia.
The song The Suicide Song also summarizes the sonic atmosphere antithetical drive, align the words to say the least morbid on a pop tune yet decidedly energetic, almost euphoric.
brings me to what is without probably my favorite piece of work that first made by Darwin Deez: the title song DNA. It begins with a guitar riff smothered hamon of notes, then the voice timidly began the verse, always with the same blasé attitude and cheesy, then the battery is racing, and that's when the chorus can not be appreciate how the rhythm guitars wife to perfection on time and mishaps made by the battery (or maybe the rhythm, check ...), while Darwin Deez starts a gay air, chic and leading (Form unfortunate and heavy background, I admit ...).
The song Up In The Clouds (not surprisingly, given the title) with explicitly revives the look dreamy and careless Constellation while nostalgia sadness are very present in Bed Space , harmoniously evidenced by the echo chorus ...
I had searched in vain dung hidden in this album, the one that sticks and is often there because he needed a last song on the album, but nothing to do, such heresy is not to identify in this debut album that Darwin Deez, without an exceptional voice, manages to produce a sound for the least enjoyable and innovative approach in a nebula still infested pop here and there the same countless polluters sound real threats to intellectual hygiene and good musical taste ...
Mr. Lucas
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