Review: Django Django – ‘Kick The Devil Out’
via Because Music By Katie Evans on 70%
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British artpop kings Django Django never fail to produce a funky tune and their newest track doesn’t disappoint. Their latest release ‘Kick The Devil Out’ starts as it means to go on, with the devil exclaiming “Well, hello there” to an unexpecting human.
This is one of those tracks where you really need to watch the music video to understand the band’s style and humour, as Django Django are never far from quirky. The track, from the band’s latest album
Glowing in the Dark (which I reviewed earlier this year), is a catchy tune, to say the least. ‘Kick The Devil Out’ was a stand out to me from the album, but as a single on its own with a brilliant video to accompany it the song feels even more interesting.
Stephen Moore
Django Django s fourth album is released by Because Music
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Django Django have been cheerfully surfing their own wave of nerdish, electro-psych-rock for almost a decade, garnering plaudits, coveted slots on console game playlists and mid-table commercial success along the way.
But from the off, Glowing In The Dark feels like a step up for the Mercury-nominated band. Drum rolls and synth arpeggios gather pace in the opener Spirals, an anthem to hope that gleefully slings the listener into the band’s neon-spritzed stratosphere.
It’s immediately followed by the taut guitar motifs, irresistible adrenaline bounce and Beach Boys harmonies of Right The Wrongs and Got Me Worried, together an utterly compelling opening gambit that shows off improved arrangements and lively production. The latter track finds usually upbeat singer Vincent Neff stopping to phone a friend as doubts creep into his lyrics for the first time, and a percussive outro reminiscen
Stephen Moore
Django Django s fourth album is released by Because Music
- Credit: Supplied
Django Django have been cheerfully surfing their own wave of nerdish, electro-psych-rock for almost a decade, garnering plaudits, coveted slots on console game playlists and mid-table commercial success along the way.
But from the off, Glowing In The Dark feels like a step up for the Mercury-nominated band. Drum rolls and synth arpeggios gather pace in the opener Spirals, an anthem to hope that gleefully slings the listener into the band’s neon-spritzed stratosphere.
It’s immediately followed by the taut guitar motifs, irresistible adrenaline bounce and Beach Boys harmonies of Right The Wrongs and Got Me Worried, together an utterly compelling opening gambit that shows off improved arrangements and lively production. The latter track finds usually upbeat singer Vincent Neff stopping to phone a friend as doubts creep into his lyrics for the first time, and a percussive outro reminiscen
Released February 12 Nine years since their Mercury nominated eponymous debut album, the Djangos have undoubtedly become one of the most inventively progressive bands to escape from the confines of the Scottish music scene. Now onto their eagerly awaited fourth album, a term overused but is always legitimate for this four-piece Edinburgh-formed avant-pop combo, there was further curiosity at just how they would manage with a recording process punctuated by lockdown. The insanely catchy hook-filled acid-inflected early single and Moog-fest album title track is up there with Hail Bop, Tic Tac Toe, In Your Beat and Life s a Beach as almost perfect pop music and promised much. It remains a go-to track months after release.