Opener Keep Me Honest is full throttle, bits-to-the-wall rock’n’roll – it’s so immediate!
Elly and Dan’s unison vocals double the pleasure. Whoooaaaaa, Nelly! Let me collect myself before digesting song two. Safe And Warm (feat. DZ Deathrays) is a rollercoaster ride, resplendent with stop-starty breakdown that’s fit for a game of musical statues: “Sneakin’ around at night/ Drinkin’ until daylight/ Bitin’ the hand that feeds/ Takin’ the things we need!”
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Self-described as “a concept album about how people can be considered dangerous by those who seek to control them”, Wise And Dangerous is snarling, exhilarating and sexy.
“There’s no one quite like you…” – Elly’s taunting vocal delivery suggests this ain’t no compliment. Raucous riffs launch Don’t Care (feat. RedHook’s Emmy Mack) and, during Fight You, guitars play dirty.
Trying To Feel Something When All I Feel Is Nothing – a brief instrumental meditation – soon morphs into Monsters (“I want to suck your blood”), with its max-screech refrains and Gothic sensibilities.
Shame is about being exploited for your kindness. It starts pensively, before explosive drums and urgent guitars vent frustration: “I just can’t help thinking nothing’s gone my way…”. Then an unusual key change closes this song out like returning to reality from a daydream.
Times That We Lived contains the most unholy, sustained yowl we’ve heard in ages.
Don’t expect predictability from Wise And Dangerous; single songs straddle many moods, tempos and dynamics. There are also loads of repeated chants (eg. “Do all the things you wanna do!”; “It’s always/ So easy/ When everybody hates you…”) – all the better to learn on the fly and holler at gigs, my dear. Furthermore, this duo’s instrument swapping – they each sing, play guitar and drums – promises great things live.
LABEL: INDEPENDENT
RELEASE: OUT NOW
