Dez Dare Cheryl! Your Love Shines Down Like a Supernova’s Death CD
Wow, has it been so long since 2009 that we’re starting to get nostalgic for unnecessarily long album names? Interesting record here: synth-rock that sounds a bit like the SHOUT OUT LOUDS if they had the same set up as ATOM AND HIS PACKAGE. One of those slabs I wanted to like, but nothing really sticks out or grabs me. It’s a tad dry, which is unfortunate because the composition is interesting. They clearly took a lot of time with the instrumentation, and did a good job weaving the synth leads with the guitar riffs. It never sounds too crowded. The vocals, however, are very drab. This might have been intentional, but the lack of any energy is glaring. I do need to give DEZ DARE a shoutout for using a Casio EP-10 drum machine on “Light Touch of the Man Spreader.” Easily the best preset of all time. If you were big into that Brit dance-pop wave in the mid-to-late ’00s, you might dig this.
