So the wait is over. After what feels like months of mysterious status updates and tantalising iphone video clips, Colchester two piece Dead End Liars have finally released debut single Monarch via their new website www.deadendliars.co.uk. Rising from the ashes of Sign or Die favourites Flares, Danny Gaisford (bass and vox) and Scott Clarke (drums) have reunited for another assault on the Colchester scene, stripping their sound back to the primal rhythmic simplicity of acoustic drums and distorted bass. And although they’re missing the third arm of the Flares arsenal, you’ll be pleased to hear that Monarch delivers the same raw, catchy energy that made their previous form such a live favourite.
Monarch opens with a glassy hats beat and mind churning bass riff before hunkering down into a hefty, marching verse. The sense of outsider alienation in the chorus lyrics ‘For Queen and country, who said that? We’re on our own now, so watch our backs’ hints at an intriguing anarchic spirit, and sounds as sincere as you’ll get when delivered in Danny’s colloquial, almost nonchalant twang. The final chorus kicks you in the face with meaty, no flab drumming (not a moment is wasted on unnecessary breaks or flashy fills) before a return to the opening bass riff, which closes out the track.
Dead End Liars will be making their first live appearance at The Judge & Jury, Colchester on Thursday 2nd February 2012. If you’re into no frills, no fuss rock and roll, then these guys will be right up your street. Marrying the chaotic fuzz zeal of notorious two piece Death From Above 1979 with a very English Britpop sensibility, DEL are sure to capture the collective imagination. And if Monarch is anything to go by, then the duo’s debut EP will be as eagerly anticipated as their return to the scene.
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