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I was introduced to the band over ten years ago, and I still listen to it today. If you enjoy music that you can just chill and relax to, these albums are for you, in particular Dead Elvis.
You won't regret it. But the beauty of these albums is that you can drive to them too, and that's important to me.Do yourself a favor and pick up some albums.
What's not to like about Death In Vegas. With so many styles of music on all of their albums, it's easy to see why fans enjoy their music.Any fan of rock/electronic/psychadelic music will be able to find something to enjoy on any of Death In Vegas's albums.
Unless you're really picky. Death In Vegas is some of the coolest music I've ever heard, and I'm pretty picky.
That said, I think that fans of electronic/psychadelic music will appreciate the versatility that this band has to offer.
This album should have gone down as an all-time classic. I had forgotten how great this thing was.
Any way you can. Recently I was able to acquire a copy of it and it just blew me away.Get it.
Wow. All these others have done it better than I hope to do.I had to leave this album behind when I moved back to the states from England, bringing with me only a MP3 copy of "Aisha" to remind me of it's presence.
It's been five years since the last review of this album.This should not have happened.
Music like this comes along rarely and for you to miss it is just a shame.I won't review the basics but just encourage you to read the 5 and 4 star reviews, should you somehow stumble upon this CD.
This album is a rare example of that music which manages to be dark and moody without causing involuntary wrist slitting or head-bang whiplash. I'm a murderer." The agressive rhythm combines with the sinister lyrics to provoke a sense of latent 'cool' in the listener. The track contains simple, effective riffs obscured by gritty overdrives and thundering bass beats that are utterly addictive. The result is a song which swells and pumps along, carrying the listener on a musical waterslide until the instruments seem to crash into the pool at the bottom leaving said listener both exhilarated and exhausted.
They belong to a movement arguably started by the Velvet Underground but now frequented by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, and others. Not all the tracks are stand out. 'Flying' is one of the best tracks on the album but contains only feelings of airy joy as the various electronic rhythms swoop and, well, fly. These are the bands that will save the world from hyper-conformist pop. Death in Vegas are a rare breed of artist. The opening track, "Dirge", is representative of everything that is great about modern American rock music.
Neither are they all heavy and dark. Vive le Death. The track also reveals the band's knack for increasing the tension and power in a song without advertising the fact. Try not to feel like a member of the trenchcoat mafia as the album's pivotal track 'Aisha' proclaims: "I think there's something you aughta know.
It actually sounds quite a bit like that group - same kind of darkness and distortion - very luscious and gloomy. A good mix of instruments and trippy electronics. "Aisha" is a twisted little nugget featuring Iggy Pop playing a sicko to a groovy beat. Most of the instrumentals actually display a more positive mood than the oneÂ's with featured vocalists.
This one sounds a lot better to me than what I've heard of the dubby DEAD ELVIS. Then the final instrumental finishes the set with a more hopeful tone. My favorite track is "Broken Little Sister" with Jim Reid of Jesus and Mary Chain. Richer.
"Dirge" is a slow build with a haunting quality (an overused term but it's true) - layers of guitar, then "la la la" little girl style vocals (actually, it's not a turn-off), then drums, then bass is added until the whole thing builds up to a screeching frenzy. A worthy vacation for the brain. Darker. Most of the tracks here are instrumental, "Death Threat" being the trippiest of them - a real head spinner.
All in all, I consider this an essential album. Neptune City closes the album - it's one of my very favorite songs, a euphoric capstone to an emotionally draining experience. Lever Street is a simple tune, consisting primarily of what sounds to be a Hammond organ - one of the saddest songs I can remember, supremely evocative of heartbreak and despair.
It is quite simply one of the most creative and endearing discs to be released in the past few years.I will admit that it took me some time to come around to it. But if you are in the mood for a richly dense album that will yield great rewards for repeat listenings, this is for you. There's a reason why Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers is such a huge fan of this disc (besides the obvious one that Richard Fearless is a pal of theirs).
There are a few stand-out tracks: Dirge is a comparitively quiet intro to the album, a slow-building jazz stomper that acts as a kind of thesis statemtn for the album as a whole. It takes your preconceived notions of what electronic dance music can or should be and stretches them like taffy. Its dark, at times disturbing.
if you are looking for pop-friendly hooks or accesable melodies, this is not the place to go.
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