Dallas’ favorite rock band, The Deathray Davies, have been bringing their fuzzed-up rock to the people since 1999. Spreading their tentacles beyond Texas through constant road-treks with the likes of the Breeders, Old 97s, Pete Yorn, and Superchunk. By the time the band’s 2003 album, Midnight At The Black Nail Polish Factory, appeared, they were earning write-ups in Esquire and People, and video-play on MTV2.
Now with the release of The Kick And The Snare, the DRD seem perfectly poised to break out in a major way. The Kick And The Snare is a big, immediate album so drenched in pop intuition and savvy arrangements that if radio still played rock ‘n roll, it could be a generation soundtrack.
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