SpudShow 389 - Dragonette
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\nGroup - Dragonette
\nTrack 1 - I get around
Track 2 - Pick up the Phone
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\nDragonette"I Get Around" (mp3)
from "Galore"
(I Surrender Records)
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Dragonette
"Pick Up The Phone" (mp3)
from "Fixin to Thrill"
(Dragonette Inc)
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From the very start, the concept was, in stark contrast to the rest of the Canadian scene during that \u2018Nickelback moment\u2018, unashamedly and unapologetically POP. Dan explains, \u201cI\u2019d like to write songs that at least I can remember. And I\u2019m very bad at remembering melodies and the lyrics, so it needs to be memorable!\u201d
Through a few strokes of fortune, their first public appearances were baptisms of fire in the deep end of concert-dom. Their second-ever show was supporting New Order at NYC\u2019s Hammerstein Ballroom, followed by a US tour supporting Duran Duran. All after recording just 2 songs in their basement.
\nDragonette eventually signed a record deal, and, like fellow Canadians Peaches (who they know) and Gonzales (with whom Dan went to school), headed for Europe. The band decamped to London with Joel and hooked up with guitarist Will (the British quarter of Dragonette), where they honed their small but perfectly-formed, all-killer-no-filler repertoire. Ruthless perfectionists, they explain that \u201cWe don\u2019t have any spare songs. We write songs till they\u2019re finished, then we kill off other ones. It\u2019s not like we picked 10 out of a possible 20 for the album.\u201d
\nThe results are a dirty, hook-heavy, electropop album called Galore with monsters like \u201cI Get Around\u201d and \u201cCompetition\u201d, depicting a world of guilt-free pleasure mixed with an 80s party prowess. Martina isn\u2019t interested in writing, she says, \u201csongs to get depressed to.\u201d As Dan puts it, \u201cIt\u2019s hard enough working on songs that are *fun*. I can\u2019t even imagine what it\u2018s like working on miserable material\u2026\u201d The record has received praise from such diverse sources as the NME. UK dailies the Observer, Times and Guardian, online pop bible popjustice, and has garnered multiple mentions from Perez Hilton (whose showcase the band performed at during last year\u2019s SXSW).
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