Damn Arms
21 September 2006 :: posted by Travis
Oh thank you Jerry for pointing out this band. Good stuff. Maybe some of you cooler kids already know this band… they’ve toured Australia with The Kills, Test Icicles, We Are Scientist, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, etc, etc, etc. They are building quite the resume.
Damn Arms sound something like The Presets, but with more rock and less electro. I know, I know… this is like becoming the signature Australia sound… heavy synth mixed with some hard garage-esque rock. But it is so damn good. My problem with most American electro-rock is it is just way too predictable and pansy (ie The Killers). It’s like they’ve forgotten that before you get all disco, you need to cement the rock and roll. Australia hasn’t forgotten. Damn Arms is more proof that Australia seems to have an endless stream of talent.
Anyway. I am pretty excited about Damn Arms… they’re definitely driving the genre forward: electro-rock, nu-rave, whatever NME has decided to call it this week.
Damn Arms - “Please Pass Me The Anti-Robotics” (mp3)
Oh, make sure you head over to Damn Arm’s Myspace to hear a pretty damn good Midnight Juggernauts remix.
The band will be entering the studio to record their debut album. Expect big stuff.
Damn Arms - “Test Pattern” (YouTube)
that’s a nice one for jerry!
September 21st, 2006 at 12.55 pm
word
September 21st, 2006 at 1.03 pm
Go Jerry, go Jerry, go Jerry go!
September 21st, 2006 at 8.03 pm
The Killlers are not electro rock in our American Electro Rock book.
September 22nd, 2006 at 1.18 am
correct, not to those who know better. general population? yes.
September 22nd, 2006 at 7.58 am
For those interested you may like to check out another (now defunct) aussie band called ‘Snap! Crakk!’… they are more or less the band Damn Arms were before they were Damn Arms. More rock, less electro.
September 24th, 2006 at 6.22 pm
snap! crakk! is awesome by the way, first heard them on fbi’s (sydney radio station) compilation
EXCELLENT STUFF… you guys have an ep of sorts? its been kinda quiet on your front with gigs etc hey?
September 25th, 2006 at 2.05 am
that midnight juggernauts remix is insanely good. i need a copy.
September 26th, 2006 at 10.35 am
Nov 20
UK release
http://www.somethinginconstruction.com
November 10th, 2006 at 11.01 am
[...] est une mine d’or de découverte musicale: l’alternatif autralien Damn Arms sur Please Pass Me The Anti-Robotics, l’electro In Flagranti sur Reputation or Notoriety ou le plus tranquille rock de Scanners [...]
May 26th, 2007 at 12.08 pm