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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

The D.O.T - Diary - Album Review


‘Diary’ is the second album from the D.O. T in less than a year. The talented due that are Mike Skinner (formally of the Streets) and Rob Harvey (formally of the Music). The debut album ‘And That’ was full of was full of songs with anthemic choruses, big bass riffs and mixed with a funky house beats. Can we expect the same from album number two?
 
The bangers of this album are still here but hidden under the slowed down but soulful beats. This is not a bad thing; a lot of these songs have featured in live set but were not featured on the previous album.

 
'How We All Lie’  was the first single to be taken from this album, a ballad of some sort but with that underground feel that lets you identify them from the others. Harvey’s voice is as stunning and unique as ever and then moulded together with Skinners, make this track just sublime. Skinner says the track is “written in a very traditional way, apart from the MPC drum machine that started it all off. There are a lot of references to the football section of the newspaper’s that day, because it fit with the theme of the way we have to lie to reassure ourselves that we are part of society”.

‘Wherever You Might Be’ has a funky and catchy guitar rift courtesy that hooks you in right from the offset. Skinner takes the vocals on this and Harvey backs him up. It still has those funk soul elements within it.
‘Makers Mark’ is a track that makes you think things are going to get dark, then the chorus comes in and makes it huge. Harvey’s voice becomes lower for the choruses but then gets higher to pick you up as you listen on.

Album number two can often be pigeon holed as a tricky one, but for this pair, this does not seem to be the case. Album number two is just as good if not better than first.
Two inspirational musicians, that have come together and created something that is beyond special is a very rare occurrence in my opinion in the music world but this however is the exception. May the D.O.T live on.

Below is single number two off the album give it a listen.

 

Listen to the stream of the album before its release on May 6 here

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