Thursday, April 05, 2007
When we first witnessed Die Princess Die awhile back it scarred us for life. Quite literally, we were sliced by shards of broken beer bottle glass and various other sharp objects lying around not to mention left with a severe shin bruise from a crash cymbal that was thrown (overhand) at us. With cuts now healed and our bad limp now gone, we made it to the Three of Clubs last night (nicely remodeled from their previously cavernous, poorly arranged staging) just waiting to be torn open again.
If one hears traces of Black Flag, Ministry, KMFDM, Killing Joke, Gang of Four, and any other music that could potentially leave you scarred for life, your ears wouldn't be deceiving you. DPD are all this and more with a stage presence that is as volatile as it is breathtaking. What's even more amazing is that even through the wreckage and disarray of their set, bad sound, and an unruly (but loving) audience the music is seductive enough to have us wanting more -- which we did, but of course every instrument was broken by the middle of the show.
Die Princess Die go on two-month long tour of Europe in support of their overseas release of "Lions Eat Lions".
Die Princess Die on MySpace.
More photos here. Check out videos of DPD on YouTube.
Die Princess Die - "The Racer" (MP3)
Die Princess Die - "Lights Of The Night" (MP3)
Go to their shows and buy this album. It's one of the best of 2006.
