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Times New Viking - Dancer Equired
:: April 29, 2011 :: by Karly Gombert (Music Dept. Staff)
This self-proclaimed “lo-fi indie rock band” from Columbus, Ohio works to win you over with their quasi-charming off-key vocals and distorted musicality in Dancer Equired.
“It’s A Culture,” the first song on the album, opens with a disjointed harmony and instruments that aren’t totally in sync with each other, and “Ever Falling In Love” follows with a zonked-out jumble of vocals replaying over a singular guitar and percussion riff. These two songs will set the tone for the rest of the album.
Though Times New Viking is more noise-rock than lo-fi, they still manage a somewhat unique sound. Female vocalist, Beth Murphy, alternates between an aloof style of moaning and a grungy, ground up whine. There’s no solid ground with the vocals, no real notes you can pick out, everything just bobs around, hoping to land on something solid.
“F*** Her Tears,” is probably the best song on the album, coordinating all the sound and vocal aspects to create a really put-together number.
Listen to "F*** Her Tears":