Milwaukee quartet Delicious Monsters are something else. It’s not that they are left of the dial, they are the kind of band that erect their own radio station. By sheer conviction and their level of creativity, not because their music is too weird, or too extreme. In fact, you could make a case that the individual parts of their debut album Freedom Plastic Realistic? are in fact quite conventional. The vocals are melodic, and almost twee. The guitar work is a post punkish mix of angular chords, riffs and sweet tones. The bass and drums complement and contrast nicely. On paper, nothing to get all that excited about per se. In practice? Wow. Once Delicious Monsters put it all together, they become a force to be reckoned with.
I am going to namedrop Sleater-Kinney as a frame of reference for the music of Delicious Monsters. But, that’s just a starting point to manage your expectations. You’ll probably need only a couple of songs to know whether Delicious Monsters are playing at your wavelength or at a wavelength you aspire to hang out at. If so, you may very well have found your new favorite band.
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