Our new guest blogger, Jordon Chiarelli, shares his thoughts on the album. DW’s sole purpose as a band is to make your head explode. Fusing psychedelic noise over menacing guitars met with a powerful percussion core, Dinowalrus, a trio based within the ever growing electropop Brooklyn scene, attempts at blowing minds with their debut LP, %. The first track, ‘East German Western’, offers a quick glance at DW’s unpredictable nature. The song isn’t quite a song at all, rather it’s a dreary collection of sounds and hymn like vocals – something my spaced out, Pink Floyd freak of an uncle could get into. But the album quickly shifts its focus. ‘Electric Car Gas Guitar’ is one of the record’s strongest tracks, fusing loud and freaky guitars, rampant drums, Ian Curtis like monotone vocals – oh yeah, and lasers. It seems like an odd combination, but I guarantee this track will get your feet tapping. The album continues to stay true to this theme. Every song is a drastic reinvention of the one before it. They quickly shift from chaotic and jazzy, like the track, ‘BEAD’, to the brink of insanity, like the tracks, ‘I Hate Letters’ & ‘I Hate Numbers’. Overall, the album is a promising debut – it’s groovy and carries some revolutionary qualities, but in order to get the full effect, please see Dinowalrus live when they come to your town (especially if you’re into Animal Collective and other electropop space rock). Notable tunes include the bluesy surf rocker, ‘Cage The Pythons’, and the epic, ‘CMYK’.
Watch the official video for ‘BEAD’ here.
