Dutch Uncles
Dutch Uncles
Trying to pin down the sound of Dutch Uncles is tricky. They twist and turn like swallows in flight. The vocals soar as guitars duel, rise and hypnotise, bass and drums locked together thrusting upwards then sideways, then down, then up again. References abound but dont define. Somehow they are New Wave, No Wave, Post Punk and Pop all at once. They have the well-drilled groove of a Strokes, the chiming African inflected guitars of a Vampire Weekend, the otherness of a Shudder To Think but then theres the repetition of a Steve Reich and the singular singing of Duncan Paton. These ten songs are just the start. Dutch Uncles are only opening their wings.