Rating: 81.62
Genre: Alt Rock
Screaming into front-runner status, late in 2012 is the Super-Group, Divine Fits. And while I've never heard of of the drummer (Sam Brown, or his band, New Bomb Turks), I'm a big fan of Dan Boeckner (of the Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade) and Britt Daniels (the lead vocalist and guitarist for Spoon, who's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was my favorite album of 2007.)AMG pretty much nailed the sound describing it as "throbbing, understated synths, insistent beats that jab listeners like a finger in the chest, and echoing vocals that sound like they were recorded in an alley in the middle of the night." While I hear Daniels' influence loud and clear, I can also hear Boeckner's song writing, though somewhat less frenetic than his work with the Handsome Furs. My favorite songs include:
- The first single and opener My Love Is Real
- Flaggin a Ride's simple, driving beat and intense vocal track.
- The heavy base of Would That Not Be Nice.
- The slightly folky Civilian Stripes.
- Although not in my top 5 songs on the album, Shivers is still a very cool cover of a 1979 release by Nick Cave's band Birthday Party (before he formed the Bad Seeds in 1983.)
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