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Dead Disco - 'City Place'Digital Singles | 01 June 2006
Catch new Yorkshire band Dead Disco live, and the first thing you’ll notice after the dare-devil precocity and vocalist Victoria Hesketh’s rich vocal arpeggios, is their shoes. For these are three glamorous ladies (and one noble and sturdy boy drummer) who escape the drudgery of the small town, by dressing up and singing out through a darkly made-up eye focussed on decidedly pop horizons. And all this from a band who have been together for less than 6 months, but saw their fizzing debut single ‘The Treatment’ roundly praised by iD magazine, Xfm, PlayLouder, Drowned In Sound and beyond.
So Playlouderecordings are pleased to announce that Dead Disco’s second release ‘City Place’ will be the next in our series of digital singles. Opening with a strident drum pattern and popping synths that capture the dark glamour of neon lights and seedy bars, Hesketh’s vocals take Debbie Harry for a joyride through threatening streets. Like an ‘I Predict A Riot’ for sophisticates, Hesketh sings of nocturnal danger – “Yes I know the city’s not too safe” – as Dead Disco provide solace in ‘City Place’s dark glamour, a cutting glance, and a passionate embrace.
