review of "Little Arithmetics"
From: HeadCleaner Single ReviewsRating: 8/10
Traditional indie guitar and drums fare from dEUS here, but a great song that echoes the faded quietness of some Nirvana tracks, the pop sensibilities of The Lightning Seeds, and the dynamics of bands like The Pixies. Ending in a collision of noise, "Little Arithmetics" is familiar and comfortable, yet refreshingly off-kilter and different.
"My Wife Jan" could be an out-take from "Nevermind" with its thrashing guitars, great tune and yelled, ambiguous lyrics. "The Tugboat" is a weird ballad with buzzing, sickly guitar droning in the background evoking an air of threat and menace, whilst the last track on the CD is "Everything Is The Same (Except No One Believes Me)" and features the bizarre sound of someone doing increasingly frantic cat impressions (honest) whilst a piano and guitar back gently sung vocals. As strange a track as any dEUS have ever released.
