Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone (Best Before)
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By: Scott Dixon
Those us of us dug in with the recent landslide of scuzz pop raging over the Atlantic in recent months finally have a reason to shovel ourselves from the sand. After a selection of tantalising E.P's, we have finally received the debut album Hey Everyone from Glasgow six-piece Dananananaykroyd, and as its boisterous title and crashing opening track of the same name suggest, this one demands attention from the outset.
The primitive images we can lazily conjure from nationalist foreboding of our friends up north are often misplaced. So, stock tales of dirge-y class oppression and wasted youth, wasted nights are thankfully absent here. Instead we receive a fifty minute barrage of colossal breakdowns, thudding melody and exuberant scream along choruses.
Past singles 'Pink Sabbath' and 'Black Wax' bridge the gap between the album's commercial hold and exuberant ramble not out of place on any LP from Los Campesinos!, A Place To Bury Strangers or thankfully forgotten surrey soft core outfit Hundred Reasons.
But it is this gulf and meandering, often blindfolded lack of direction which grip the ears. The jangly arrangements and unashamedly pop warble which have seen fellow Scots Copy Haho receive so much hype rides alongside the alt Punk of 1993 and Hey James in equal measure. It's the perfect prelude to a string of sweaty summer dates and hopefully a more rapid release of the fated second album.
While the grinning surf of American counterparts Nodzzz and Wavves has brightened the landscape recently, Dananananaykroyd's strength lies in their low budget redecoration of every track. Sneering breakdowns simmer underneath shout out pop, with a promise to never underwhelm and keep the coronary veins stretched.
Artists in this article: Dananananaykroyd
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