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Single Review: O Children – Dead Disco Dancer (Deadly)
By Marc Samuels | Published on Friday 4 September 2009
The sounds of the early 80s have been mined relentlessly in recent years, but new four piece O Children somehow manage a fresh take on the era. Referencing post-punk and new-wave, the band take their name from a Bad Seeds song, and there is much about that group’s early sound and dark subject matter to be found here. Plangent, cascading basslines are married to spiky guitars whilst tinny percussion is teased by quietly ghostly synths. Eerie baritone vocals are also present and in full effect on both tracks here, but whereas the likes of Interpol and Editors have sounded at times like lazy (albeit successful) Joy Division copyists, O Children sound less calculated and contrived as they go about their art. Both ‘Dead Disco Dancer’ and its b-side ‘Dead Eye Lover’ are at times funny and frightening yet curiously addictive after even the first listen. Oh, and the video is quite entertaining too. A band and label to watch. MS
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