B-Side's Dandys Rule OK review
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B-Side
Dandys Rule O.K.
by Rutgar Julian Bradde
Jan/Feb 1996
This band just got snatched up by Capital, so this accomplished release may be reaching a wider audience very soon....
What's the best thing to say about this stylish band? The press kit claims this band has "it" and for once they ain't shoveling the bullshit. There's something special about this playful band, from the way they put together songs to their mod 'n modern attitude. Effortlessly talented, even their song titles are way fun. All right, what secret lab came up with this marhvalous experiment?
Dandys Rule OK sounds like a greatest hit package: from the campy send-up of '(Tony, this song is called) Lou Weed,' complete with Lou-style vocals, to the wildly angular guitar intensity of 'just try', this band does little wrong. 'Nothing' (Lifestyle of a tortured Artist for sale)' comes all hot, sweaty, and simmering, and that's the way we like it, uh-huh!
But the band really does itself proud on the last track. They don't just go for the 15 minutes of fame ala Andy darhling, they go for the gusto of 16 minutes of 'rave-up' pop energy with their wah-wah pedals cooking up into steamy overtime. I really thought they would overheat by 13 minutes: the suspense simply slayed me. I got all silly, sweaty and nervous. I wanted to give the drummer a cool towel. But at 16 minutes an alarm clock went off and they rolled into slow drenching sounds while the crickets chirped in the background. Sit back and smoke: ahhhh, a round of applause, please!
Quite simply 74 minutes put to very good use. Dare I say it: they're just very dandy to me!
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