Dananananaykroyd
If there was an award for best feel-good, hands in the air, rock pop with twiddly-distorted guitar expertise credentials and noise freakouts, Dananananaykroyd (watch out for that ‘y’) would be up there on stage, collecting the award. Probably alone, because nobody else does quite what they do.
Having finally released their eagerly-awaited debut LP Hey Everyone! in April via Best Before records, Dananananaykroyd (hereafter referred to as ‘the band’ - otherwise I’ll be here all day) are set to decant their staccato tongue-in-cheek pop anthems all over Offset’s Artrocker Stage, providing you with your RDA of hardcore screamy rad-ness in a full 30 minutes.
The five-piece band from Glasgow have released several singles and EPs since their formation in 2006, including ‘Totally Bone’ on Moshi Moshi and ‘Some Dresses’ through Jealous Records, and their first EP (via Holy Roar) last year, ‘Sissy Hits’. Since then, they’ve toured the UK with Foals and Johnny Foreigner.
The band's sound has been compared to that of Fugazi, Pavement, Blood Brothers and Dischord-era hardcore. But David Roy (guitar) prefers to explain their music as ‘kind of pop, danceable, then really fast, pointlessly daft, an unbearable racket of stupid noise and unnecessarily brutal, all rolled into one little ball of custard.’
Listen to Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone:
Reviews for Hey Everyone!
‘It's a one way ticket to musical fun times’ - Drowned in Sound
‘Hey Everyone! is bullish, muscular and labyrinthine, but, threaded through all, pulling us through the glorious mayhem are undeniable strands of melody. And my, how that titular exclamation mark is warranted. The dozen tracks on this record pound the solar plexus, forcing the air from your lungs, the guitars pricklier than cacti, the rhythms racing like a Formula 1 car and the vocals a gleeful, rottweiler bark … With ‘Hey Everyone!’ Dananananaykroyd have made a debut album as unforgettable as their name is unwieldy, and it is a magnificent achievement’ - Clash Magazine
