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Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine |
 There's a lot of bands that copy their idols. A poignant case in the modern music climate would be Interpol's shameless Joy Division copy, or Bloc Party's Gang Of Four resemblance. There are few, however, who sound EXACTLY like who they want to be, and Death From Above 1979 leave no doubt that Lightning Bolt are one of their influences.
A two-piece (bassist/keyboardist and singer/drummer) from Toronto, Canada, DFA79 take the fuzz-noise (foize?) perpertrated by LB and sanitise it for an NME related audience. But to be fair to them, they came up the hard way, letting their live reputation speak for them and doing the whole "guerilla gig" thing. After seeing the live show, I popped in the CD with a keen ear, hoping too discover my new favourite band. "EEE-OWWW!!!" FUCK! My ears are bleeding! The hardcore influenced 'Turn It Out' begins the album, continuing with breakthrough single 'Romantic Rights'. 'Blood On Your Hands' is a bloody excellent tune, as is new single 'Black History Month' and last two 'Pull Out' and 'Sexy Results'. This isn't a bad little album at all - it's new, it's fresh, and its better than the other 60 billion Franz Ferdinand copies coming out this month. But why does it have to be such a ripoff? Oh, also a good thing about this band - pink t-shirts. Teh gheybuttsex. Ollie Connors |
| Coding: Darren Burrows