photo: Melanie KleinUK duo Prinzhorn Dance School are trying to out-hip the hipsters on their new album Clay Class. Tobin Prinz (vocals, drums) and Suzi Horn (vocals, bass) i filled with are tunes that are into what's "happening". So did they succeed in making a memorable album? No. It's enjoyable, but most of the material fails to leave lasting impression. A few cuts will survive such as the lead single Happy In Bits, the tender I Want You, the stuttering back-beat in Sing Orderly and the sparse by highly effective lyrics of The Flora And Fauna Of Britain In Bloom.
Prinzhorn Dance School have studied their predecessors in the post-punk genre and now they can reproduce it with their eyes closed. They come up short as a creative force that will turn heads.
Clay Class is released on DFA Records. Release date: January 31.
Tracks:- Happy In Bits
- Usurper
- Seed, Crop, Harvest
- I Want You
- Your Fire Has Gone Out
- Crisis Team
- The Flora And Fauna Of Britain In Bloom
- Turn Up The Light
- Sing Orderly
- Right Night Kay West
- Shake The Jar
- 03/01 London, 93 Feet East, UK
- 03/07 Tours, Temps Machine, France
- 03/08 Bordeaux, I.Boat, France
- 03/09 Limoges, La Fourmi, France
- 03/10 Nimes, Theatre Du Periscope, France
- 03/11 Lyon, Le Sonic, France
- 03/12 Grenoble, L'Amperage, France
- 03/14 Bern, Reitschule, Switzerland
- 03/15 Milan, Leoncavallo, Italy
- 03/16 Bologna, Locamotiv, Italy
- 03/17 Rome, Locanda Atlantide, Italy
- 03/18 Turin, Blah Blah, Italy
- 03/20 Vienna, Fluc, Austria
- 03/21 Prague, Meet Factory, Czech Republic
- 03/22 Dresden, Scheune, Germany
- 03/23 Munich, Atomic Cafe, Germany
- 03/24 Heidelberg, Karlstorebahnhof, Germany
- 03/25 Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzberg, Germany
- 03/26 Hamburg, Knust, Germany
- 03/27 Cologne, Tsunami, Germany
- 03/28 Paris, Le Petit Bain, France
