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Dodos - Visiter
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Artist - Dodos
Album - Visiter
Label - French Kiss
Who saw this one coming? An acoustic guitarist and a drummer, playing frenetic, trance-like folk, that is as compelling as any rock.
Like a bluesier, edgier Sufjan Stevens, Dodos use banjo, fingerpicked guitar and animal, tribal drumming.
Visiter could draw from anything between Bron-Y-Aur Stomp from Led Zeppelin III and the finer moments of Beirut's Gulag Arkestar, with swathes of New Orleans jazz, Akron/Family jubilation and
subtle, joyful indie (think Death Cab in a good mood).
Winter is the most 'normal' of the tracks, and perhaps the best way in - there is absolutely no
way that any fan of Beirut would not love this track, or this album.
The drums are at the fore a la Battles, but the hypnotic, repetitive vocals add real class - this second album by Dodos shows a wonderful maturity to go with the wild abandon.
Visiter is a small album to fall in love with in a
big way.
Rating 9/10
Mike Rea
10:40am Monday 14th April 2008
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