ALBUM REVIEW: Does It Offend You, Yeah?
- Posted on March 31, 2008 6:23 PM
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Does It Offend You, Yeah?
'You Don't Know What You're Getting Yourself Into'
Review by Chris Todd
Reading four-piece, DIOYY are the epitome of Hoxton Twat or the Shoreditch slut. The joke name, the cartoon rock band image they have, the uniformed individuality of colourful Top-Man clothes, the lot. Without listening to them, the idea is trite and very contrived, like a sketch from Nathan Barley but with the jokes and humour removed or if they'd seen Barley and thought it was a serious documentary about them and 'their people' who are, like, really cool and stuff.
It's this past form which makes their debut long player 'You don't know what you're getting yourself into' even more of a surprise. Previously a joke you would only get the skinnier your jean leg is, they have on the subtler moments produced some brilliant pop tunes as well as some fierce dancefloor tracks.
'We are rockstars' comes on like Sex Pistols covering Daft Punk, whilst 'Dawn of the dead' is luscious pop reminiscent of The Killers at their most flambouyant and oddly reminscent of 'Cool' by Gwen Stefani.
'Doomed now' is excitable electro rock which is so teutonic and electric that it could be a modern day Joy Division track a'la 'Isolation', whilst 'Weird science' and 'Epic last song' are exactly what Bloc Party tried and failed to do with their recent 'Flux' single, the clash of moody indie rock and harsh electronics are fused to great effect on these two, what next Kele?
All in all, an entertaining headache with a brace of tracks which highlight that once they stop being cool and learn how to play their instruments, they could be a great prospect for the future (unlike their nearest comparision, The Klaxons), here's to their second album, then.
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