More than 70 tracks per song! That is a shitload of tracks per song! You can get a sense of that hugeness by streaming and/or downloading "Never Erased," a teaser track from the album, here. Bouncing between the '70s power pop of Cheap Trick and the late-1980s Twin Cities rock of Husker Du and the Replacements has always kind of been the Dead Girls' thing. With "Never Erased," they're either quietly building out from those touchstones or refining their sound within them - I can't quite tell. To me, "Never Erased" sounds like a really good Soul Asylum song. I'm not sure if the band would take that as a compliment, but they should. I mean, Grave Dancers Union was a totally solid record, amirite?
Channeling Kansas City style with "in the club" swagger of Usher's "Yeah," James Christos' new song, "Revolt (Off the Wall)" has the big rock sound that's utilized to such great effect by the likes of Lupe Fiasco on "Superstar." It's a summer jam that is, indeed, on a different plain. Seriously, it's the first hip-hop single I've ever heard drop the word "demagogue," while at the same time maintaining its We don't give a fuck attitude.
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