Don Broco are a Bedford four-piece with something up their sleeve that's taking the UK by storm, any US viewers on this blog... LISTEN UP, you need to know these guys! After releasing their highly anticipated debut last year in the form of Priorities, they've captured the hearts of a vary melting pot of music fans. This, their new single You Wanna Know, is released on the cusp of a gigantic UK that involves The Camden Roudhouse, a venue three times the size of their last London show only 6/7 months ago. So, this write up is only really of the single You Wanna Know as the EP is just full of remixes and acoustic stuff.
The song it's self is characteristic of the sound Don Broco have been mastering since their inception in 2009. Power-pop? It may well be. Big, thick slabs of rock riffage over a beat driven rhythm section provides the basis for this whole song. Verses break down into 80's picked guitars and slapped bass, I tell you now heads will be a'bobbing. The lyrics crooned out by the frontman Rob Damiani are literally of the scales cheesy. HOWEVER, used in the context of the song and how it sounds, wholly appropriate. That is the mastery with which Don Broco pull off song after song. So infectious is the groove the OTT dance moves you'll be pulling won't seem out of place or weird at all. This is a band that know exactly what their doing, down to the last note.
I'd highly recommend this band for their sheer enjoyment. Cynicism surrounding all music goes out the window. This will make you smile.
(I haven't done a review on it, but their debut record Priorities is a must listen if you dig this write up!)
Seb Wainwright
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