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 Since
Dog
Fashion Disco spends much of their time these days writing movie
scores, it may not come as much of a shock that their latest release,
Adultery, is a film noir concept album. And what I mean by that
is this: it’s a musical trash heap of smoky alchemy, back alley action
sequences, and human depravity. Thematically, Adultery is about one normal
man’s decent into sin and madness set to a sprawling soundtrack of hyped
up jazzcore, heavy soliloquies, lingering piano, streetlight stalking,
forbidden sex, murderous rage, and industro-groove. It’s quite an
ambitious project, really, something the likes of which only the lunatic
genius of Mike Patton might be able to pull off, so that might help
explain why we get plenty of Patton-esque tomfoolery on the album, most
notably the Mr. Bungle inspired “Moonlight City Drive”, the
latter day Faith No More sound of “The Hitchhiker”, and “The
Uninvited Guest”, which could be a leftover track from Fantomas’
The Director’s Cut. Still though, DFD aren’t all about stealing Patton’s
shtick, even if it seems that way. They do a mean System of a Down on “Silent
Film”, channel Johnny Cash’s desperado charm in “Desert
Grave”, and even manage to procure a progressive metal sound on “Sweet
Insanity”. So yeah, if you pine to wear a trench coat, live your
life in black and white, or throw on movies instead of music as background
noise in your house, Dog Fashion Disco is your ticket in, and Adultery is
your perfect score. ________________________________________________________ |