Dancer Return with More or Less
Dancer are not wasting any time at all with their career; they dropped their debut a little over a year ago, followed by a split EP with Whisper Hiss, and now they’re back with More or Less. Their first single opens with this jagged post-punk guitar, harkening to their early work, but that sort of evaporates, leaving a brighter sound in the ear of listeners. Gemma Fleet’s voice has this sharpness, spiking lyrical lines as she makes her way in-between the bass grooves. Still, they’re not abandoning their edge in favor of pop, as you’ll see at the 1:23 mark when the song carries the pop sensibility on its back as it descends into a punctuated moment of musical madness; Fleet’s “just say yes” hits hard, affirming the group’s ability to flirt with both punk and pop, more or less. There’s so much attitude and flair in this one track, it’s going to be hard to contain all that goodness in one LP, though we’ll find out how they do it when More or Less drops on September 12th via Meritorio Records.