It has been a long wait for fans of British dance-punk band Does It Offend You, Yeah? Their debut album You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into was released in March 2008 and after two years of touring, promoting and recording, fans had expected the follow-up album in mid-2010.
The band began dropping new material at concerts throughout 2010 and even gave away a free single in August but the release date for the new album got pushed out first to January then March 2011. Well, the wait is finally over and Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You is due out on March 14 in the UK and March 15 in the United States.
Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You opens with “We Are the Dead” which was the free single. A sedate, indie opening gives way to a raucous, stomping anthem intended to resurrect the band and, indeed, wake the dead. Lead vocalist James Rushent explains: “It’s about reincarnation and regeneration. Coming back from the dead. That’s why we picked it as our first free giveaway, to say we’re still alive.” “We Are The Dead” is a massive track and certainly one of my favourites on the album.
Next up is “John Hurt”, so named because it was originally intended that John Hurt appear on the track before a particularly useless ex-manager missed his window with the actor. Initially taking a break from the mayhem of the previous track, “John Hurt” is a menacing and angry track that descends once again into pure chaos. While playing this album to death over the past couple of days, it is this track that has been in my head when I have woken up each morning. It is sheer brilliance and one can only hope that the band finally get together with John Hurt in the future and issue a remix.
Article comments
1 - ricardo mulhall
nice review of the new dioyy album - i think its james rushents sister amy singing on wondering - not nicholette from massive attack
2 - Emm
Really? I thought it sounded slightly different from the original song but thought maybe that was the absence of all the background music in the original Massive Attack song. It is a great album - have you got your copy?
3 - Carl
I think Pull out my Insides i a nice little number very good album though