Dot Legacy - Dot Legacy (2014)
Dot Legacy have debuted with this
self-titled collection of twitchy energy and sweet-tooth-tingling
melodic hooks, and through the album's nine songs, the twisting,
curling rampages of rock in which they engage would be enough to make
any well-established band proud of the result. While I haven't heard
too much fuzz rock out of France recently (I probably just haven't
been looking in the right places), the flair shown off by Dot Legacy
makes me feel as though those in the area who do keep it alive are
throwing themselves fully into the effort. With a classic-sounding
array of FX on the strings, vocals contributed by all of the
band-members, and drums with an always-effective range of impacts,
the band's debut sets a high bar for their work in the future.
While I have to admit to not always
following along with the lyrics (the filters they occasionally
applied made that a little tricky), the grinning liveliness of the
tracks gets the feelings behind the writing across just fine. And
it's not always rip-snorting can't-stop-moving wildness, either;
there's several times in which the band slows it all down, getting
almost sweet with the melodies, and it's nice to hear them
stretch in the way, though they keep the lighter stuff in moderation.
A personal highlight was the incorporation of some post-rocky
spoken word sampling over some electronic effects towards the middle
of the album, which I hadn't expected in the slightest, but which
worked well with the material before and behind it. The album makes
use of some great, well-executed experimentation in
approaching their songs, and I suspect Dot Legacy will be one of
those bands where even the B-sides are worth checking out. Start
here, and if you happen to be able to catch one of
their shows during their September tour of France, Germany, and Belgium, do your best not to miss out, yeah?
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Acid
Elephant, Powered Wig Machine, Acid Kola Turbo, The Casual Pleasures,
Ginsu Wives
~
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