Dag för Dag - Boo

 

From the glitter-filled opening of Boo, it’s clear that Dag för Dag have no intention of making ‘boring’ folk to justify the pre-emptive sneers of those who laugh in the face of Saddle Creek. The offbeat skips of I Am The Assassin quickly give way to Hands And Knees, using dirty bass, grungy guitars and scattered fills alongside their unashamedly pop flourishes. The Swedish-American siblings mix up the tempos with Boxed Up In Pine, eerie strings and rumbling toms beneath call and response couplets. Silence Is The Verb’s female lead sits well in quiet and raucous parts, the long, swooping notes on Seven Stories particularly impressive. Light On Your Feet has shaky, personality-filled voices with messy instrumental sections and melodic hooks, whilst Animal builds kiddie percussion and soaring vocal lullabies to a schizophrenic cacophony, with 80s synths and a belter of a chorus. Who said pop was a dirty word?