No Way's Dandys Rule, O.K. review
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No Way
Dandys Rule, O.K.
by Teresinha Costa
1995
Listening to the Dandy Warhols is an experience all on its own. There's an interesting blend of sounds on this debut. Not sure if I should take them seriously, I delve through this album to find out what it is all about. The album's art work features the band members as cartoon figures on the back, a parody of the Cranberries couch but in the middle of a freeway. The opening track happens to be thier own theme song, "Introducing the Dandy Warhols"! They make, quite simply, pop music. The genres infused in the musicrun from the '60's with the Beatles, Beach Boys, the Who, the'70's with Lou Reed (hilarious parody of Lou in the song, fittingly named "Lou Weed") with the velvet Underground, and '90's hip hop, R & B rhythm infused with trippy dream pop (Ride). There are very nice harmonized vocals and lots of effects on guitars as well as vocals. Sound runs from very polished to very low-fi. The album closes off with a tune that intertwines sonic textures that brings it all to a higher level. There is a hidden track that features a sitar which only brings me to the revelation that there is an overt attempt at creating a parody of the Beatles and their "progressive" album, Sgt. Pepper. Quite a brilliant concept, deconstruction of the myth of 'Art Rock.'
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