Snakadaktal – Dance Bear

Melbourne barely legals SNAKADAKTAL (think Napoleon Dynamite’s “liger” but with snake and pterodactyl parents) are back and they’ve cranked up the production values for their new track “Dance Bear”. Having taken out the 2011 edition of Triple J Unearthed High this quintet of sickening talent are currently preparing to hit us with a highly anticipated debut album. And just to underline their status as one of the country’s most exciting new acts they’ve recently wrapped up a batch of national tour dates supporting The Jezebels.

“Dance Bear” gives the SNAKADAKTAL indie pop sound a whole new sense of scale. Underpinned with a thumping synth beat it flips between hushed melancholic verses and muscular chorus’s that graduate into a relative wall of sound. A steady build in tension finally culminates in a goosebump inducing instrumental finale, topped off with a stadium sized guitar riff that serves as notice for their seemingly grand ambitions. It’s a cliffhanger of an ending that perfectly sets the mood of expectation for the new material being readied for unveiling, but for now we’ll just just have to remain content by hitting repeat and waiting for that red curtain rise.

Savages – Flying To Berlin

 

Having already been floored by “Husbands” Savages have revealed it’s partner on their double A-sided single in “Flying to Berlin” which not so much fans the flames of excitement currently burning in their wake, but rather pours another jerry can of kerosene on them. The hot fuss hasn’t escaped the attention of some of the most prominent music figures in London either with The Quietus noting that their gig last week at the Shackleton Arms attracted the honchorific likes of Mills, Miller and Travis of Mute, Beggars and Rough Trade respectively.

The song is built on a rich underbelly of bass whose looping riffs land on a strained wobble of a note that gives it a mysterious allure, immediately grabbing your attention. Beth’s vocal alternates between a persuasively sensual croon and a guitar washed assertiveness that briefly intercedes but the sexuality in her elongated words “not yet high, not yet turned on” punctuated with “oh’s” cannot be denied. It’s atmosphere of dangerous intrigue mirrors the band’s profile and leaves our mouths watering at the potential for what is to come from them. Heck I’ve already pre-ordered my copy of the 7″.