The Great Dictators - Sleep/Coming Back In Style
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| The Great Dictators - Sleep/Coming Back In Style |
Well, well, well. What have we
here? Seven strapping young men from Denmark under the collective name The
Great Dictators bringing us dark, treacly, sinisterly psychotic indie-pop.
That's what we have here. The four tracks on this EP kick off with 'Sleep'
which, if you're a fan of Nick Cave, Interpol, Trent Reznor, is an absolute
must listen. 'Coming Back In Style' has a little more hope about the music but
the lyrics are distinctly morose and could only come from a land where the
landscape is bleak and beautiful at the same time. Then come two sketched out
songs which are simply beautiful in their simplicity and sparseness. 'Memphis'
borders on the rawness of Johnny Cash's 'Hurt' with a low strummed acoustic
guitar and a deep, rich, world weary voice singing alone in the early hours of
a blood stained morning. The picked notes that introduce 'One Of Us' lift the
spirits and the song features the bonkersly genius lyrics of "Don't worry
I won't spill drugs on you any more, or piss on your wrists when you
sleep". As far as a taster goes, this has definitely whet my appetite and
got me itching for more so let's hope it's a long winter for our Danish cousins
and they have plenty of time to spend inside writing more darkly rich ballads
fuelled by strong alcohol and a macabre view of the world.
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