Dananananaykroyd - 2008 Sissy Hits

Band : Dananananaykroyd

Album : Sissy Hits
Release Year : 2008

Genre : Post-Hardcore | Indie | Experimental

Tracklist :

01 The Greater Than Symbol And The Hash
02 One After One
03 Cleaning Each Other
04 British Knights
05 1993
06 Infinity Milk (Outro Version)

Following issues with Dananananaykroyd’s previous label, Holy Roar were only more than happy to step in and offer their services to release this six track mini-album from one of the most exciting new British bands around right now. There are few bands around who bring together the punk and hardcore spirit together with interesting indie rock in the way Dananananaykroyd do. Their rawness is matched only by the perfect amount of pop thrown in as well.

The band have had two sold-out singles on Moshi Moshi and Jealous Records already under their belts, their first "Totally Bone",was the first of Moshi Moshi's singles club (Hot Club de Paris, Architecture in Helsinki, Bloc Party). They have also had support from Radio 1 and XFM, press with NME, Plan B, Stool Pigeon, The Fly, Vice, Art Rocker and shows and tours with The Bronx, Good Shoes, No Age, Deerhoof, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Foals and more. These six songs represent the strongest, most cohesive representation of the bands work yet.

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Dananananaykroyd - 2011 There Is A Way

Band : Dananananaykroyd

Album : There Is A Way
Release Year : 2011
Genre : Post-Hardcore | Indie | Experimental

Tracklist :

Disc 1 :
1. Reboot
2. All Us Authors
3. E Numbers
4. Think & Feel
5. Muscle Memory
6. Time Capsule
7. Good Time
8. Apostrophe
9. Seven Days Late
10. Glee Cells Trade
11. Make A Fist

Disc 2 :
12. Bodies Like Holes
13. Wow
14. Searchlight
15. Song Six
16. Cameo

When Dananananaykroyd caught the music world's attention back in 2009 with their ludicrous name and ridiculously self-labeled genre of fight-pop, everything about them screamed "gimmicky flash in the pan". More comfortable in the live format (including a Wall of Cuddles and occasional injuries to band members), the unique Scottish sextet built up a cult following by playing a wildly chaotic and exuberantly loose amalgam of indie-pop and post-hardcore. It is almost disorienting then that their second LP 'There Is A Way' begins with ninety odd seconds of tight, driving rhythms that are accompanied by a gloriously melodic guitar line. Devotees should not fear however as the superb 'Reboot' still manages to contain the band's trademark dual vocals, some screaming and even a "Na na na na na" sing-along into its four minute duration.

Known for their curiously effective choice of producers, Dananananaykroyd have switched helmsman from Machine to fellow American Ross Robinson (At The Drive-In, The Cure, Glassjaw), who helps provide a more muscular sound on 'There Is A Way'. While still utilizing angular post-punk chords on occasions, the intricate dual guitar attack of Duncan Robertson and David Roy is more often used to give tunes a space-filling multi-dimensional feel this time around. Furthermore, while the post-hardcore tendencies of their debut have been reined in, the unconventional song structures and hyperactive nature of the sextet are still obviously apparent. Look no further than the playful 'Think and Feel', a funky football chant of a polarizing song ("Whoa oh", "dananananana", and a chorus of "I get bored, so I go outside for a beer"), that throws in a saxophone break and a distortion-filled wig out!

With such a frenetically relentless aural assault throughout, it is difficult for the latter half of 'There Is A Way' not to feel a little exhausting. Excluding the enthralling 'Seven Days Late', that is the case here, although there is almost always a melodic riff to hang your hat on. The intentionally messy 'Good Time' is the album's nadir, while the Muse sounding 'Apostrophe' will be divisive. As left of centre as Dananananaykroyd are, their secret weapon is the contradictory ability to craft irresistibly hooky and deceptively harmonic sing-along choruses. 'E Numbers', 'Time Capsule' & 'Glee Cells Trade' are all evidence, but it is infectious lead single 'Muscle Memory' which lodges itself in the mind most noticeably. All are pleasingly accompanied by the differentiating thick Glaswegian burr of dual vocalists Calum Gunn and John Baillie Jr, even if it is sometimes nigh on impossible to understand what they are yelping about (Apostrophe's "And a source said I'm happy but be careful" sounds like "Have a sausage and a paper pecan").

A more focused, assured and cohesive release than Dananananaykroyd's debut LP, 'There Is A Way' leans more towards rock than pop, even if pigeon-holing such a quirky band into broad genres hardly seems fitting. The more muscular sound apparent second time around assists the much-discussed lasting value of the sextet, making this album as much of a grower as it is immediate. While some forced genre mish-mashing still exists, the more refined approach used on 'There Is A Way' should see the group find a greater audience, since the conflicting combination of frenetic and melodic is pulled off with such impressively deft precision. It is this "best of both worlds" approach which ultimately results in a satisfyingly intuitive evolution for this boisterous and idiosyncratic outfit, and such a fun and enjoyable experience for listeners.

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Dananananaykroyd - 2009 Hey Everyone!

Band : Dananananaykroyd

Album : Hey Everyone!
Release Year : 2009
Genre : Post-Hardcore / Indie / Experimental

Tracklist :

1. Hey Everyone
2. Watch This
3. The Greater Than Symbol And The Hash
4. Black Wax
5. Totally Bone
6. Pink Sabbath
7. Infinity Milk
8. One Chance
9. Some Dresses
10. 1993
11. Hey James
12. Song One Puzzle

Dananananaykroyd are a Glasgow six-piece indie band who the music press have labeled 'fight-pop' (no, I’m not sure what that means either) and Hey Everyone! is their debut album. The band feature two drummers – shades of the Fall, anyone? – and this gives them a lot of punch (no pun intended) behind their lively, yet fairly heavy maelstrom.
Indeed, while their surface sound is unscrubbed indie-punk this band have obviously listened to more than their fair share of metal as Watch This! builds into a heavy riffing slice of Scottish Sabbath. The band openly acknowledge this influence on the track Pink Sabbath, although this finds them sounding more like early U2 than Ozzy and Co.
Hey Everyone! is spit 'n' sawdust stuff, music made for the moshpit. It's full of energy and good humour: a real sense of teenage lust and excitement pumps through every song. But beyond that, it's pretty tiring. There's never any letup from the frantic, Red Bull and amphetamine buzz which is reflected in their stuttering (and questionable) moniker.
What Hey Everyone! demonstrates is that Danananaykroyd have a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm while they are yet to develop a truly distinctive sound of their own. They're noisy fun and probably great live – there's a sense of them rushing towards a car crash of sound – but Calum Gunn's thin voice combined with their crash-bang style is too unvaried across twelve songs. In the end they're certain to be popular with fifteen-year olds who value energy over imagination, chaos over craft.

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