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Datarock - Datarock Datarock
- Datarock’s album, Datarock Datarock, has opaque lyrics peppered by even more bewildering instrument work. Many of the songs one can envision hearing at a retro nightclub with psychedelic lights beaming, as hoards of dancers rush the floor. The vocalist’s timbre goes from solemn to bouncy in a heartbeat, which could intrigue some listeners and turn others off.
“Bulldozer” has guitar work from Fredrik Saroea and pulsing drum play from Tarjei Strom. The beat made by these two instruments is repetitive and will stick in listeners’ minds long after the song has culminated. For the preponderance of the song, Saroea keeps reciting, “Bulldozer,” in a mellow tone, then he screams the line, “It’s all about sex,” which could jolt listeners and make them weary of hearing the rest of the tracks.
On “I Used to Dance with My Daddy,” there is electric sounding keyboard work as well as percussion play from Saroea. The tempo is reminiscent of a classic '80s beat, and one can easily do the signature dance move, “The Robot,” to this song since its stroke is so rhythmic. Saroea's vocals also have a hypnotic bend to them, as he emotes obtuse lines like, “Put your hands on the floor now. Dial the number. See if that you’re free to be carrying it over now. When you’re gone now…Let the rhythm take control and move along now.” The cadence of the song and the lyrics are almost like a demand by Saroea to do as he says or face the music.
“Computer Camp Love” is a song that paints a picture of an encounter between so-called geeks at a computer camp, as Saroea muses about a girl he met there. As he describes her there is harmonizing by the rest of the band, asking him rather lewd questions. In addition, the keyboard work from Saroea is metrical as his percussion play. He dryly explains how they came to meet, with such lines as, “I ran into her in computer camp. …Not sure. I had my Commodore 64, had to score…She’s not a tramp, her name is Judy. That’s a nice name. Yeah, she’s a nice girl. Big deal. Did you get in her pants? She’s not that kind of a girl booger. Why does she have penis?…She’s a Venus. Tell me more, was it love at first sight?” Some might find the inquiries by the band crude and picture two nerds, but others might applaud the unique use of instrumentation and how the band is going out on a limb with this obscure track.
Datarock’s Datarock Datarock has anomalous songs that might dissuade listeners, but if they are fans of an '80s flow and enjoy hearing vague lyrics and peculiar instrumentation, then this album is for them.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Added: 19-May-2007
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