Play 90 second soundbite of 'This Time' @ 'CD quality'
Dastards are a four piece from Worcester and they certainly have something very special. There's no doubt that 'main man' Wake leads their assault with his amazingly individualistic vocal work - really strange, wavering, quavering and God knows what! Strange but stunning!! Wake writes most of Dastards' excellent material and provides some of the guitar work. He is magnificently supported by Chris (guitar, effects, contortions), Dan (bass, backing vocals) and Lloyd (drums and percussion); together as the Dastards these guys show immense promise with their cultured and finely honed music. And, they don't simply rely on Wake's talent to get them through - these guys are laying down some beautiful stuff here. The overall sound and style is memorable, refreshing and slightly American-esque. Mature, classy and thought provoking songwriting adds massive strength to the guys' silky-slick, often breathtaking performance.
The four tracks, 'This Time', 'What I Came For', 'Scaffold Of Muscle' and 'Trouble' are simply fantastic; the mixture of acoustic and electric guitars (with and without fx!) works superbly. Bass and drums are sensitively poised right where they should be. As each track unfolds Dastards are drawing me headlong into their incredibly original musical world. Once you come to terms with Wake's amazing vocal work this is quite magnificent.
Dastards somehow, and I'm not too sure why, remind me of the more mellow side of Placebo (possibly Brian Molko's voice is similarly unusual?) - and that can't be bad!! However, there really isn't a comparison to be made as Dastards are taking things to another dimension altogether - and I love it!!
Methinks Dastards are gonna do something very huge with this. Special, tons of potential, who needs drugs when you can get high on this sort of thing. Bloody marvellous!!
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