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Yet just when you feel that Daphne Loves Derby may just be a one-trick pony [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they throw something into the mix that spins everything completely. Just before the bombast that is That's Our Hero Shot, with its bold wind instruments leaning through it [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it's preceded by a full marching band intro, called simply Marching Band Intro, which has shades of the classic Hawaii Five-O theme tune running through it. It's little touches like this that keeps the band one step ahead of anyone trying to second-guess them.
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Coming off the back of a huge promotional tour for their last album, the 2005 debut On The Strength Of All Convinced, the summer of last year saw the band decide to take time off and record the follow-up to the well-received debut [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and if Good Night, Witness Light is what happens when bands look to the masters for inspiration, perhaps more artists should follow Daphne Loves Derby's lead.
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Indeed, when Choi laments "I'm sure we'll be fine / You've got your friends and I / I've got my makers and all this time" on Stranger, You And I, you can feel the pain for yourself. This theme continues with next track, Iron In The Backseat, where once again Choi's lyrical prowess comes to the fore as he cries "if you ever want some trouble / but can't afford the alcohol / I'll be here, I'll be here waiting". For anyone whose ever loved and lost and knows the despair it causes, they have a new voice in Choi.
Genre: indie / alternative / indie rockKenny Choi (vocals / guitar), Spencer Abbott (guitars), Stu Clay (drums)Sounds like: The Cardigans, Prefab Sprout, StrangewaysHome: Kent, WashingtonDaphne Loves DerbyThe New Sound Of Classic
Bringing to mind the cult British indie band Prefab Sprout, as well as little-known Scottish rockers Strangeways, the album is full of lush arrangements mixed with bittersweet vocals from Kenny Choi, that lend an air of desolation to each song. From the opening intro that is Are Two Chords Enough, Dear?, a beautifully mellow meld of marching drums, soft vocals and harmonies wrapped around a wall of keyboards, to guitar-led track Stranger, You And I (which perhaps shows the Prefab Sprout comparison the most, with the lyrical style of Paddy McAloon throughout the track), Daphne Loves Derby is a band that can at once inspire and elicit sympathy at the same time.
When a band cites that in order to write their new album, they locked themselves away and listened to the likes of Frank Sinatra, The Eagles, Janis Ian and The Cardigans in order to find some inspiration, you'd be forgiven for wondering exactly what the result could possibly be. Thankfully, although Good Night, Witness Light has one foot in the past, it's only as far as classic song structure goes. And it's this kind of approach that gives Daphne Loves Derby a contender for melodic rock album of the year this early into 2007.