Rolando Lopez Herrera (guitars/vocals), Carlos Nava (guitars/synth), Eric Mayne Siaumau (bass) and Joshua Aguirre (drums) are Dragon Dragon. Their release Even In The Night EP contains five songs. They mention, “The album itself is a concept album with a specific song order that dwells on the never ending tragedy of lost love.” In this case this was about a very real relationship not just something general. I would say with all the years I've been involved in music this is still the most sung about topic. It’s also not hard to argue that Joy Division, The Smiths and The Cure pulled this off far better than any other band. And for that reason countless still carry those aesthetics which is what you hear all over Even In The Night. The pain, the black shades of darkness and the melodramatic vocals are all here and fans of the aforementioned bands will immediately recognize the similarities.
The band starts with “Wicked Vixen” and you hear a raw sounding, dark guitar. It’s muddy in the trenches but the song moves. This is a great song and certainly the arguable highlight. The chorus is great and I loved the mixture of light and darkness. They get the tone right. “Monster” starts off humorously with the sound of an actual monster and guitar. This was another great song. There were certainly elements of more recent post-punk in the style of Interpol but I would say this had more of an early ’80s aesthetic. Things got more subdued and sounded very Joy Division inspired on “Lustful Nights & the Loving Kind.” The vocals get more dramatic here and the affectation is more noticeable. He leans into the emotion. That’s really just a taste compared to “Gypsy” where he sounds like he is reciting a play. Some of the words are barely above a whisper. Did it feel overly dramatic? Yes, it did but I was on board and loved the percussive elements that came into the mix. The groove towards the end is just badass. They close strong with “Even In The Night” which is more upbeat but still covered in darkness. The band wears their influence on their sleeve but they pull it off nearly flawlessly. This is for the goth kid, the broken hearts and the ones who prefer to explore the darkness rather than just escape.
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