Dukes of Windsor

Australia's Dukes of Windsor — heralded as the best thing to come from Down Under since the Minogues — finally brings its dance-crazed international noise conspiracy to the States. You've heard the nasal vocals, twitchy guitars, caffeine-fueled beats and stinging synths before, but this quintet brings a fresh brattiness and...

By Eryc Eyl

November 22, 2007

Audio By Carbonatix

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Australia's Dukes of Windsor — heralded as the best thing to come from Down Under since the Minogues — finally brings its dance-crazed international noise conspiracy to the States. You've heard the nasal vocals, twitchy guitars, caffeine-fueled beats and stinging synths before, but this quintet brings a fresh brattiness and desperate sense of humor to the party. Just as the original new wave leavened punk with electronics and disco beats, the Dukes find inspiration in angular post-punk and math rock, making it safe for the dance party with manageable melodies, hearty hooks and irresistible, hip-hugging grooves. Highlights include the blur of the title track and the insidiously fun yet harshly incisive sibling tracks "Handsome Man" and "The Pretty Girls." Occasionally, the diversity of influences that shape the Dukes' post-apocalyptic party rock makes the album as a whole an uneven listen, and missteps like sensitive slow-burner "Boy Inside the Radio" nearly kill its considerable momentum. Taken individually, however, most of these paranoid, punchy tracks could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best of the nü wave.

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