{"id":21543,"date":"2023-03-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21543"},"modified":"2023-03-14T22:33:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T22:33:56","slug":"dez-dare-perseus-war-chmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21543","title":{"rendered":"Dez Dare \u2013 \u2018Perseus War\u2019 (CH!MP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10-65x65.jpg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1366188790_10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oh to get a glimpse inside the head of Australian-born, UK-based one-man band Dez Dare (aka Darren Smallman). When I reviewed his second album \u2018Ulysses Trash\u2019 for RPM back in August of 2022, I remember saying that he lived in a world where \u201cmusic, art and mind expansion blended into one\u201d, and with his soon-to-be-released third album \u2018Perseus War\u2019 he\u2019s back and bending genres and minds all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally intended to be a companion EP to \u2018Ulysses Trash\u2019, ideas spilled, riffs flowed and &#8216;Perseus War&#8217; was born. In the PR pack that accompanies the album Dez explains that \u201c&#8217;Perseus War&#8217; is the violent struggle that the universe and all within it has to survive. The daily pressure of existence, the beauty in the destruction left by the way and the sweet solace of understanding we have no control.\u201d And across the 10 tracks that make up \u2018Perseus War\u2019 Dez takes us on a psychedelic garage punk voyage of discovery which just like its predecessor is quite unlike anything you\u2019ll hear (or in fact see) this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dez Dare - Bozo\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0UCPSj4VGgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just take the opening track \u2018Bozo\u2019 for example, this crazed rocker is accompanied by a video that looks like \u2018Go With The Flow\u2019 if it had been recorded by Otters Of The Stone Age. The song itself was bizarrely hypnotic and disturbing in equal measures, and once I\u2019d been mesmerized by its fuzzed-out over the top riffage, I just couldn\u2019t stop playing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, the glorious stoner acid trip that is \u2018A Chimp, A Tricycle, New World Order\u2019, which makes me wonder if Dez has used William S. Burroughs\u2019 \u201ccut-up\u201d style in compiling this anthem to giving less of a fuck. Or perhaps he\u2019d had a cup of \u201cmushroomy\u201d tasting tea before writing it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dez Dare - A Chimp, A Tricycle, New World Order\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8e0QFfcqGiI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One track I would love to see one of Dare\u2019s insane videos for would be the pulsating, almost Krautrock-like, \u2018I Know Why You Cry At Adam Sandler Films\u2019, which is not just the best song title in God knows how long, but also one of my favourite track on \u2018Perseus War\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, the most striking difference between \u2018Perseus War\u2019 and \u2018Ulysses Trash\u2019 is in the production department, where things, whilst remaining proudly DIY, have become ever so slightly less lo-fi. I\u2019m not saying Des has gone full on Mutt Lange, but the drums and bass on tracks like \u2018Perseus #1985\u2019 \u2018OUCH!\u2019 and \u2018BEACH!\u2019 absolutely rattle the windows at RPM\u2019s Newport Office, and on \u2018Bloodbath-on-HI\u2019 everything (and I\u2019m sure there\u2019s even the kitchen sink in there somewhere) comes together to unbridle one hell of a thunderous wall of sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dez Dare - Bloodbath-on-HI\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vqFbkTGFyB8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dare\u2019s electronic influences return for album closer \u2018STOP. STOP. STOP. TALKING\u2019 and this track is what I\u2019d imagine \u2018Space Ritual\u2019-era Hawkwind might have sounded like if they had ever joined forces with the Mael brothers from Sparks. It\u2019s one truly fantastic headrush of a tune and the perfect way to end a record that is a most welcome distraction from what is going on in the world right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released on 17<sup>th <\/sup>March you can pre-order your copy of \u2018Perseus War\u2019 via the links below. Tune in, turn on, and freak the fuck out, the Dare way!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy <a href=\"https:\/\/dezdare.bandcamp.com\/album\/perseus-war\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dezdare.bandcamp.com\/album\/perseus-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qrates.com\/projects\/28591-perseus-war\">https:\/\/qrates.com\/projects\/28591-perseus-war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dezdare.bandcamp.com\/album\/perseus-war\">https:\/\/dezdare.bandcamp.com\/album\/perseus-war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezdare.com\/\">https:\/\/www.dezdare.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dezdareriffs\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dezdareriffs\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh to get a glimpse inside the head of Australian-born, UK-based one-man band Dez Dare (aka Darren Smallman). When I reviewed his second album \u2018Ulysses Trash\u2019 for RPM back in August of 2022, I remember saying that he lived in a world where \u201cmusic, art and mind expansion blended into one\u201d, and with his soon-to-be-released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21545,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21543\/revisions\/21545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}