DBUK were formed in 2005 as a side project of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club and Munly & The Lupercalians. Saying that they are a side project is an understatement. All three bands make music that is Goth country and Goth Americana. A partially schizophrenic situation in which members of three bands collide now and then does not stop them to kick asses with the new sound emerging.
The crowd needed ten years to release their debut Song One Through Eight. Even though it is assimilated into the matrix of their mother bands, this album is a whim change. The focus is on percussions, ambient style and Americana. Munly’s voice is in the first plan. Jay Munly is a great songwriter. Now he is even more mature because his lyrics blossom in sarcasm, metaphors, metatextuality, tradition and word play. He is known for his unusual expression. Sometimes he sings, sometimes you can not understand the word he is saying. I don’t mind. I love his peculiar vocal and bizarre lyrics.
Songs One Through Eight contains 8 songs. Themes are everyday and ordinary. Munly knows how to transform them into something extraordinary. The sound is a substantial Goth Americana with banjo and percussions. Contrary to Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, there is no much country here. Broncos Fight Song opens the album with the tribute to themselves. It is the softest track on the album, right before everything unpredictable comes.
The Columbia Girl has SCACA and Munly smell all over it, which is why it’s going to be the biggest hit from the record. Still, Three Bloodhounds, Two Shepherds, One Fila Brasila is my favorite from the album because it shows a classic Americana combined with a modern sound.
Immaculately Warded Children is lyrically the most challenging, while The Red Cross Is Giving Out Misinformation closes the album in a glorious manner.
If I didn’t make it clear by now, I will say it again - DBUK is mo
