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