There are some strange sonic powers at work at the heart of this new single from HyperDense. It is forged from hard rock’s relentless and epic groove and full of smart salvos and riotous riffs, yet within all of that, it seems to build a bridge between punks’ swagger and attitude and glam rocks infectiousness in precisely the way that bands like The MC5 did. And so, the big question is, how do they tick all those boxes without a maelstrom of contrast and collision on their hands?
I can’t tell you, but tick them, they do, confidently and with a thick and unmissable marker pen. “Dumbass” grooves and grinds and squalls and squeals as it careers along its not-quite-four-minute path. And it reminds us of one thing – whilst it always pays to know where you are heading, you can learn a lot from understanding where your music has been.
And so, although HyperDense has a cool and pretty unique sound, it is one woven from some fairly recognizable sonic strands. Part Iggy and the Stooges, part Motorhead, part second-wave UK punk, this is the sound of the cycle going full circle. Everything comes back around eventually, and this is the sound of garage rock having its day in the sun, only with different captains at the help.
All aboard, we’re going in….who wants a bit of the action?
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