Labels: BCore
Review by: Andy Malcolm
How on earth these two relatively popular bands have ended up releasing a split 7″ on Spain’s B-core label is behind my feeble comprehension. Surely DeSoto or something would have been better. But anyway. Here is music review.
First piece of legally recorded media I own with a Dismemberment Plan track on it, and it sounds good to these ears, albeit these ears are currently jammed up with more than their fair share of hardened wax and the occasional ringing sound. Like you really wanted to know that. Well. The D-Plan (I almost called them the Plan, which would be wrong, as there is already a band with that title) are filling their grooves with urgent talky vocals over a rumbling bass rhythm and freaky electronic effects. Dancey yet indie rockin’ at the same time, put them in the ballpark of bands like Milemarker and Lifter Puller. If there were any indie clubs cool enough to play music like this to the inebriated student hoards, I’d probably consider going.
Juno have been quiet since their album came out last year, I presume this is their first material since then. “Non-Equivalents” is a lot more upbeat than the majority of that moody record, as they spin out a lovely indie rock tune replete with their own electronic effects and atmospheric, spacey guitars that sound huge. It’s all very swirly, yet the pace is a lot faster than you might expect from that description. And it even features a chorus of sorts, plus an awesome Christie Front Drive style twinkle breadown. I think that if this is the direction they are going in, I am extremely impressed. Oh, and the vocalist kinda sounds like Peter Gabriel. Weird.
Super fine split 7″ of indie rock finesse. This will not disappoint the discerning.