Saturday, December 30, 2017

Song(s) of the Day # 1,441 Des Demonas


Des Demonas are Washington D.C. Punks with swirling Farfisa organ and a six foot five Kenyan called Jacky Cougar Abok at the mic. The missing link between The Shadows of Knight and Nation of Ulysses their whole eponymous debut from earlier on this year is an absolute delight.


They're a band that have been refining their skills on the D.C. underground circuit for the last six years before finally getting this out of their system in 2017. You get eleven tracks of everything that's so wonderful about Sixties Nugget Garage and the darker side of the Punk and New Wave explosions but sounds like it fits perfectly in the here and now too.


Abok sings in English or Swahili as the mood suits him. Des Demonas meanwhile play as if they're in a wind tunnel. They sound like a band whose touring schedule needs to be watched inexhaustibly so you know the moment they're coming to your town and can make plans accordingly. Composed of players who have done time in the likes of Kid Congo & the Monkey Birds and Make Up as well as several other lesser known excavators of the true spirit of Rock and Roll. These apprenticeships are now coming to full fruition. Des Demonas are curators and exponents of a rare but sacred art.

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