The punk rock crew known as Dead Man's
Thoughts have released their newest single, “Nothing Left to Do,”
on Honey Bunny Records. The track heralds the coming of their
forthcoming LP record, “Dusty Road to Nowhere.” The overall sound
of “Nothing Left to Do” immediately recalls UK legends The Clash,
but a minimalist approach to the instrumentation and structure of the
song, as well as a lurking, restrained undercurrent of aggression
that permeates the track, hints at Dead Man's Thoughts' more
explosive nature.
A look at
their charging, riotous 2012 LP, “Ayahuasca,” gives the listener
a fuller idea of what “Dusty Road to Nowhere” is likely to
entail. One must consider especially the open-minded creativity that
resulted in tracks 10 and 12 of that excellent record. Like these
surprising songs on “Ayahuasca,” the single “Nothing Left to
Do” is a punk rock song from the heart and soul of punk culture,
and it says more about the band's bulletproof artistic integrity than
it does about playing hard, fast, and loud.
Since the nineteen-nineties, many
listeners have considered the term “punk” to be synonymous with
one-two beats, harmonic overtones, and simple, pop-music chord
progressions the likes of which bands like Green Day and The
Offspring made famous. Real music fans know better, though. The punk
rock of the seventies and eighties was, on many levels, much more
complex, a music scene absolutely exploding with variety and
innovation. In many other ways it was also far more basic and
musically fundamental. “Nothing Left to Do” proves that modern
bands like Dead Man's Thoughts are the proper inheritors of this
versatile, unbounded sound.
The guitar tones of “Nothing Left...”
are bright, yet edgy, its bass lines prominent, active and agile. Its
drums are clever and jazzy, yet unpretentious, utilizing a
garage-style kit. True to traditional punk principles, DMT's vocals
are direct, raw, and delivered without frills or flamboyance, but
also characterized by a high degree of natural skill, something that
has never been a prerequisite in the scene.
“The whole album is changing its face
like the weather,” writes Dead Man's Thoughts of their upcoming
album. “One moment you're looking into the skies and thinking about
having a good time, the next you're hit by a song like a bolt from
the blue. It`s just like life…”
“Nothing Left to Do” by Dead Man's
Thoughts is available online everywhere beginning April 26, 2013.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
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