Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

Brazenhussies

Living in fear of reprisals

Label: Release Date: 23/05/2001

378
sean by Sean Adams May 23rd, 2001

It’s always hard to work out whether a band admire another and want to sound like them, or whether it’s just a combination of similar influences. The admired band in question seems to be the Dandy Warhols, but then again, it wouldn’t be hard for this band to have taken sleazo-rock, a dash of punk and put a synth with it.

The confusing thing is, the opening track ’Thin Lips', sounds like Sleater Kinney or maybe Punka’ish Kenickie. Why confusing? Well, this is an opening 1minute 49seconds which has little bearing on the following two tracks. Maybe the art of confusion at work or maybe a teasing in for fanzineland. Possibly it wasn’t even given a moments thought. It probably was for a reason because the material with the single says nothing about the band but it does talk about the workers party of korea, provides an extract from a porno and boldy claims “Brazenhussies: The Method of Science. The Aim of Religion.”

Back to the CD… Salt Leak has a solo, a phat gut of fuzz and the boy versus girl vocal syrup that a manufactured band could never create. There is no defined, formulaic chorus, but the line ”Spirituality gets you nowhere” sticks out. The demo closer ’Scrape is where the earlier Warhols question features. Lyrically, a fragmented abstract story with a badass riff for the chorus but I can't help but question chickens and eggs.

Rock’n’roll!!

  • 7
    Sean Adams's Score
Log-in to rate this record out of 10
Share on
   
Love DiS? Become a Patron of the site here »


LATEST


  • Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024


  • Drowned in Sound is back!


  • Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020


  • Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter


  • Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing


  • Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alternative must sees



Left-arrow

Spek

I'm a Hippie

Mobback

The Vines at Camden Electric Ballroom, Camden, Thu 19 Feb

Mobforward
Right-arrow


LATEST

    news


    Why Music Journalism Matters in 2024

  • 106145
  • news


    Drowned in Sound is back!

  • 106143

    news


    Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Y...

  • 106141
  • news


    Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter

  • 106139

    Playlist


    Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

  • 106138
  • Festival Preview


    Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alterna...

  • 106137

    Interview


    A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash

  • 106136
  • Festival Review


    Way Out East: DiS Does Sharpe Festival 2019

  • 106135
MORE


    news


    The Neptune Music Prize 2016 - Vote Now

  • 103918
  • Takeover


    The Winner Takes It All

  • 50972

    Takeover


    10 Things To Not Expect Your Record Producer To...

  • 93724
  • review


    The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium

  • 4317

    review


    Sonic Youth - Nurse

  • 6044
  • feature


    New Emo Goth Danger? My Chemical Romance confro...

  • 89578

    feature


    DiS meets Justice

  • 27270
  • news


    Our Independent music filled alternative to New...

  • 104374
MORE

Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2025 DROWNED IN SOUND