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This 2006 import (reissued stateside in 2008) concocts a fiery fusion of proto-punk, garage stomp, and slide-guitar blues. What separates these New Zealanders from most of their raw, garage-revivalist peers is their knack for melody. "Such A Pretty Curse" and "Blood Red" both draw their energy from catchy hooks. But elsewhere, "Emperor's New Clothes" and "Tiny Dlunder Stolen Thunder" go for straight-ahead gusto. There are even a couple of ragged, jangly ballads to balance out the affair, highlighted by album closer (and possible response/ode to The Rolling Stones) "Don't Shine Your Light On Me."
2006 album, the third from this New Zealand band of rockin' rollers who like to party like its 1973 again! Smoke & Mirrors at last establishes the breadth of what The Datsuns are about musically on record. Here is all the manic excitement of 2002's self-titled debut with a bigger, bolder, more classic sound, but without losing touch with the trashy, poppy kicks of old. Features the single 'System Overload'. V2.
Recording information: Livingston Studio; Monnow Valley Studio.
Illustrator: Nicky Deeley.
Photographer: Jo McCaughey.
Personnel: Wendi Rose, Annette Bowen (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Nick Abbott; Cenzo Townshend.
Q (p.140) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] craftily woven mixture of typical, turbo-charged punk such as 'System Overload' and more complex fare that reaches a peak with the startling closer 'Too Little Fire'..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.47) - "Dolf Datsun's carnal holler leers like prime Robert Plant, while wailing girl-group backing singers crank the thrills even higher."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir forte remains unashamed headbanger action -- witness the high energy ramalama of 'Maximum Heartbreak'..." Datsuns Smoke & Mirrors Songs Smoke & Mirrors Review
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