CD Review – Those Dancing Days (Dance music for the non-hipster!
Daydreams & Nightmares
Wichita Recordings.
Within the first 10 seconds of the first song “Reaching Forward,” I was hooked. I loved the keyboards which reminded me of The Sounds. I loved the rapid-fire drumming, the crunching guitars and the female vocals that tie it all together. Then I read their bio and found out that these are five Swedish women all aged 20-22. Holy Testicle Tuesday Batman! These women can friggin’ rock! I can’t get this album out of my head. “I’ll Be Yours” is vaguely Donnas-esque, but it is far and away better than anything The Donnas have done. They can do indie-rock (“When We Fade Away”), New Wave (“Dream About Me”) and in-your-face rock (“F—arias”). These five women will draw you in with the mid-tempo stuff and then rock your friggin’ face off with the harder stuff. Those Dancing Days are primed for the big-time stateside and it’s only a matter of time before they become their own Swedish invasion.
