Venus on Earth, by DENGUE FEVER

Venus on Earth

by DENGUE FEVER

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Ting Mong, The Deepest Lake, In the Ley Lines, Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition), Escape From Dragon House (Deluxe Edition), Cannibal Courtship, Dengue Fever Presents: Electric Cambodia, Sleepwalking Through The Mekong (OST), and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Seeing Hands 04:12	buy track
2.	Clipped Wings 03:48	buy track
3.	Tiger Phone Card 03:37	buy track
4.	Woman in the Shoes 03:06	buy track
5.	Sober Driver 04:05	buy track
6.	Monsoon of Perfume 04:40	buy track
7.	Integratron 03:43	buy track
8.	Oceans of Venus 03:33	buy track
9.	Laugh Track 03:29	buy track
10.	Tooth and Nail 04:28	buy track
11.	Mr. Orange 02:22	buy track

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Three albums in the novelty has worn off, but Dengue Fever has smartly chosen to keep evolving. Venus on Earth is at once the band's most accessible and most varied release. A recap: when first heard from in 2003 on their self-titled debut, Dengue Fever was like no other band, fronted by a Cambodian-born woman, Chhom Nimol, who paid homage to that Asian nation's pre-Pol Pot cheesy psychedelic-cum-lounge-surf-garage pop sound of the '60s/early '70s. For Venus on Earth, the mainstream beckons, or comes as close to beckoning as it's ever going to for a band as non-mainstream as Dengue Fever. Nimol's vocals are as beguiling as ever, Ethan Holtzman's Farfisa organ still swirls, Zac Holtzman's guitars still chime and chunk, and Paul Dreux Smith's drums clang happily along. With horns provided by David Ralicke and bass from Senon Gaius Williams, Dengue Fever has softened some of the rougher edges, injected some serious soul, and added more swing to their thing. "Oceans of Venus" could be an outtake from the first B-52's album, "Clipped Wings" a lost Blondie tune, and "Woman in the Shoes" is just one of the most cuddly pop songs in ages. The groovelicious Nimol-Zac Holtzman duet "Tiger Phone Card," a tale of a long distance Phnom Penh-NYC romance, is the pop smash Yoko Ono might have had in an alternate universe. Drenched in reverb, soaked in sweat, marinated in some phantom historical moment yet tethered to the now, Dengue Fever is more innovative and resourceful than 99-percent of the bands that receive 99 times the publicity. Source: AllMusic

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DENGUE FEVER Los Angeles, California

Even when you consider the cultural cross-pollination that goes on in large metropolitan areas, L.A.'s Dengue Fever had perhaps the strangest genesis of any band in recent memory.

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Apr 26

The Town and City Festival

Lowell, MA
Sep 28

Union Square

San Francisco, CA

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