Exactly the kind of set-up and song that draws you in as a post-trip-hop and alternative music fan. UK fourpiece Dissolved Girl capture an intricate balance between depth and delicacy, for the vastness and intimacy combined that is Dirty Tricks.
Somewhere along the nostalgic lines of Sneaker Pimps and Portishead, only with a clear degree of weight and something slightly gritty and even powerful about the leading voice (despite its quiet mixing within the track), Dirty Tricks soon evolves from atmospheric escapism into the rhythmically infectious realm of an indie alt-rock track; one that naturally lingers in the mind.
The song’s hook is brilliant, unfathomably simple by design but epically effective in this setting. Contrast is masterfully utilised, every step of the way, and the result is a bass-heavy, seductive and provocative soundscape and song, from an act with a clear sense of intention and artistic depth to their approach.
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