Although it seems like the career of Electric Six was reaching its end, it didn't happen. It is as If they have found the new impuls that made them fresh and interesting. Autumn is still their season, and the new album is called How Dare You.
The album brings the juiciest combination of guitar and synths. Over the years, it has been clear that their albums were better when they tone it down with synths. Although synths are prominent again, the result is not bad as on some of their previous releases. What is more important is that How Dare You brings what fans expect from Electric Six - healthy dose of humor and satire through expressive singing and frenetic melodies.
You can feel all of this from the opening track Chicken Wine, and I can only observe that this is one of the best works they have ever produced in sub-genre I like to call trash rock. Greasy riffs and catchy chorus take the song to the heights the band was not able to reach on their past few efforts. Following Arrive Alive is a strong synthetic song that serves as another indicator that this might be the big comeback of Electric Six.
She's A Forgery is a funky rock, while The Hotel Mary Chang sounds like twisted Jack White. Sex With Somebody is 80s disco realness, and Dark Politics is a summary of today's status quo (She came to America, was forced to twerk it). Title track is one of the most tedious on the album, maybe because it sounds like glam hair rock. On the other hand, Hatchet Man is a classic rock number soaked in synths. Everything wraps up with A Quiet Man that brings Elvis Presley to mind.
However, we must give it out to Dick Valentine and his crew who keep on pushing it. Sometimes they deliver something awesome, sometimes they fail, but they don't seem to be giving up. Disco rock 'n' roll circus continues.
