Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs (Dig)

Duchess Says | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alien8 Recording
• ASIN: B0017LFKZQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #345,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Montréal, again and again., August 12, 2008

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David M. Madden "nonnon/dj_webern" (salt lake, utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthologie des 3 Perchoirs (MP3 Download)

Now that the circa 2000 generation of so-called No-Wavers found favor with major labels and can afford slicker production, you might ask "who will fill these shoes?" Taking it back to the beginning, Montréal's Duchess Says is here now, spitting on your trust fund and in your Pro Tools rig, bouncing and sweating like East Village kids circa 1980. DS begins "Ccut Up" with a subtle imitation of Rush's "Tom Sawyer" then slink into overdriven bass guitar, analog stabs, sci-fi leads and singer Annie-C's fusion of shouts and synthesized Mariah Carey high notes (the cool ones); "A Century Old" groans under how-low-can-you-go bass, a chugging backbeat, echo vocals, shrieks and organ lines eviler than anything in the early-middle Siouxsie oeuvre. Nodding to their influences while adding enough of their own dynamic flavor, Duchess Says takes their music (and careers, hopefully) far beyond the usual disposable spasticity of the genre.