How long will it be before ’90s nostalgia acts wear out their welcome? From the looks of it, we’re in for the long haul. This spells either good news or bad news, depending on your preference. Dilly Dally doesn’t make it especially easy to look past their skin-deep nods to alt-rock’s heyday, but they arguably make it worthwhile. On the recent singles “Sober Motel” and “Candy Mountain,” the coed Toronto quartet wears its Pixies influence so openly on its collective sleeve that the band may as well have gotten matching Pixies logos tattooed on their foreheads. And the resemblance to Courtney Love’s signature howl is way too glaring to ignore. That said, Dilly Dally’s lyrics contain more substance than Love ever had on her best day, and the band’s earnestness lends the music a charming, down-to-earth immediacy that neither Hole nor the Pixies aimed to capture. Dilly Dally’s live energy also leaves little room for doubting how much they mean what they’re playing. Their cohesion and knack for full, sweeping arrangements will give you the sense that Dilly Dally could adapt just fine to changing trends if they wanted to. L.A. pop-punk outfit FIDLAR headlines.SABY REYES-KULKARNI
Toronto punks Dilly Dally try to revive themselves, and the power of rock, in the new video for “I Feel Free,” the first offering from their upcoming album, Heaven, out September 14th via Partisan Records.
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“I Feel Free” begins with a soft sparkle but soon settles into a mid-tempo scorcher, with singer Katie Monks unleashing a vocal performance that finds her deftly switching between a soft whisper and a live-wire wail. Monks also wrote and directed the video for “I Feel Free,” in which she attempts to exhume her bandmates from their graves and revive them with cigarettes and a Flying V guitar.
“This song is me asking my bandmates to let go of what’s been weighing us down,” Monks said of “I Feel Free.” “We’re not going to let the past hold us back from our dreams. Let’s do this thing.”
Dilly Dally recorded Heaven in Toronto with producer Rob Schnapf. Monks described the album’s sound as “doom metal vibes with lots of positive messages.” The record follows the band’s critically acclaimed 2016 debut, Sore.
Dilly Dally will hit the road in support of Heaven in September, opening for FIDLAR during their fall trek. The run kicks off September 7th at First Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota and wraps November 2nd at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California.
Heaven Track List
1. “I Feel Free”
2. “Doom”
3. “Believe”
4. “Sober Motel”
5. “Sorry Ur Mad”
6. “Marijuana”
7. “Pretty Cold”
8. “Bad Biology”
9. “Heaven”
2. “Doom”
3. “Believe”
4. “Sober Motel”
5. “Sorry Ur Mad”
6. “Marijuana”
7. “Pretty Cold”
8. “Bad Biology”
9. “Heaven”