BEN WOODS - Dispeller LP NWOBHM There are elements of the

There are elements of the American Primitive thread present

the musicians collectively conjured the focus and fire of their seminal early output augmented by airtight songcraft and a heightened level of musical chemistry that could only be forged by years of writing and touring together

shakes the window panes until they beg for mercy

“The Dacios are heavy the way the MC5 were heavy – not just a raucous and groovy band that kicked jams

” That frustration manifests itself on songs like “Overrated

BEN WOODS - Dispeller LP NWOBHM There are elements of theWoods' melodies bring to mind Scott Walker's dramatic tunefulness, while his voice holds something of Gordon Gano's waver, pushed through New Zealand vowel mangling. Dispeller's arrangements hit at the subtle, reactive instrumentation of late era Fugazi, the glowing murk of Grouper, the Antipodean gothic drudge of Tall Dwarfs, and the mechanical outer crust of Sparklehorse. However, while Woods experiments with the disparate and the disharmonious, it