The debut EP from this band can be described as fast, distorted, in your face, and depending on your music tastes, danceable, but this is not any type of dance music you've likely encountered before in your life, it's what they call 'dance-punk' which is punk music mixed with typical elements of dance music thrown into the mix. Depending on how talented a dance-punk band is, it's either terrible, or it's pretty (dare I say) gosh darn good.DFA1979 is made up of Sebastien Grainger on vocals and drums, and Jesse F. Keeler on bass, synths, and backing vocals. That's right, that's all there is. But what's unique about it, is while Sebastian is great at drumming, is that Jesse's bass is actually tuned to be like a normal electric, while retaining some of the sound of a typical bass guitar. Doesn't make sense? Listen to one of their songs. That is not an electric guitar, it's a bass. Almost hard to believe sometimes..
Some will say the songs are too noisy for them, but that's what DFA1979 aim for. While some would claim it's nothing but frenzied noise, in a way, I can't argue with them, but there is a lot of melody to be found on returning visits. These guys know what they're doing, and they hit their marks everytime.
Heads Up is only 6 tracks long, which is a shame, and what makes that worse is that in total, the EP only lasts barely short of 14 minutes, which sucks because the tracks are great at points.
What brings this down, though, has to be like I said, 6 tracks being just short of 14 minutes, and the fact that the vocals are distorted to sound like they're coming out a radio with bad reception. Distortion is cool and all, and while I do like the way they pull it off on this EP, I'd prefer a bit less. That may just be my preference, however.
I'd give this a 7/10 if it was longer, but seeing as how short it is, I want to give it a 6/10. It's 7/10 material, but the way it's presented is a 6/10. Make sense? Probably not.
Recommended Track(s): Dead Womb
