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Album reviews with Michal Boncza: January 23, 2023
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The Dassins
Suburban Nightmare
(Independent)
★★★★★
QUITE unexpectedly this East Leeds-based quartet’s debut album gets, thrillingly, under your skin with its very first chords. The sound load is delivered with extraordinary confidence for bunch of lads this young.
The distinct timbre of Ewan Turner and Riley Gill’s versatile voices, the excellent musicianship of all four, anchored by Edward French, rich and intelligent drumming and their spirited guitar play, which includes Jamie Hannan, energises.
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