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"With "Atomic Clock", a feverish and uncompromising album, Dysfunctional By Choice impresses!"
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4/5
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More than twenty years of being far from the cameras of the specialized press, of remaining faithful to a largely confidential music which does not attract the crowds but which shapes a personality, that of a group which just had the misfortune to be formed on the wrong side of the Atlantic. Many would have given up. Dysfunctional By Choice, Dysby for the most intimate, has only taken a break. The passion for music is always stronger. By deciding to give a follow-up to "Travelling In Travel", released ten years ago, the Parisian band comes back by surprise on the spotlight of the French underground scene, with a new singer (Clément Masson, ex-Sna-Fu) and an edgy album whose perfect length of barely thirty minutes allows to appreciate at its true value all the intensity of the music of Dysfunctional By Choice.
But what kind of music is it? It's hard to define Dysby's style as the band plays with labels and codes. To classify "Atomic Clock" in a precise category is a challenge that the alternative rock/metal label takes up sluggishly and without panache. Because all the art of the French combo is to make shatter the carcans and the codes derived from hardcore to keep only the fundamentals inherent to the genre and to use them to shape a personal and very endearing style provided that the listener is eager to confront himself with his universe.
Saturated guitar riffs, visceral screamed vocals, organic bass lines and hypnotic drum pattern, the title 'Saturn' with its post-hardcore flavour inherited from Refused captures the listener's attention as soon as "Atomic Clock" starts. But very quickly Dysby blurs the tracks and explores other universes, subtly letting the post-hardcore founder wander towards other musical horizons: shoegaze ('Invisible & Free', 'Night Of Iron / Night Of Blood'), noise rock ('SSM 6'), ambient ('Our First Embrace', 'Our Last Embrace'), post-punk ('A Decade In The Night') and indus ('Atomic Clock').
If this cleverly dosed mixture of atmospheres and structures makes all the richness of the album, it also proves to be a real tour de force because at no time Dysby loses the listener on his way. He surprises him, pushes him around, forces him to focus his attention, but never loses the coherence of his musical purpose. In that way, "Atomic Clock" seems to be in constant evolution, inviting the listener to listen again to the different chapters of the album to be sure to have grasped the meaning.
With this feverish and uncompromising opus, Dysfunctional By Choice stands out and makes its mark. The Parisian group breaks the codes, sends the musical labels flying and delivers us one of the most surprising and unexpected albums of the year. It is urgent to (re)discover this endearing and iconoclastic band that has faith in music, in its music. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Saturn 02. Invisible & Free 03. A Lion's Dance 04. SSM 6 05. Tempelhof 06. Our First Embrace 07. Our Last Embrace 08. Night Of Iron/Night Of Blood 09. A Decade In A Night 10. Atomic Clock
LINEUP:
Clément Masson: Chant Fabien Carouge: Basse Fabien Caste: Batterie Vincent Bertellin: Guitares
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