WEEKEND VIDEO
“Dawn of the Dead” |
Does It Offend You, Yeah? usually come across as a band to let your hair down and rock-out to at the local disco, or the kind of bleepy-gametronics that could only come from a group that had its brain ripped out and replaced with a vintage games console. But this isn’t the case with the morbidly titled “Dawn of the Dead.” On this single, the four-piece bridge the gap between electro and an emotive-indie ballad, passing by the soundtracks to your favorite ’80s teen movies. Synths and guitar chugging are aplenty — a standard combo in today’s climate of chart-crawlers — as are a new-wave heart, an ear for a great hook-line-and-sinker chorus, heartfelt vocals and an elastic bassline not unlike that of Parisian favorites Justice. As displayed on debut album You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, the band are not chained to just one style and can write a balladesque single with the best of them.