In addition to being the mad mastermind behind one of the best albums of the year so far, Dan Deacon is also the hardest working freak in the business. While even after witnessing his live performance and listening to his record numerous times, we're still not exactly sure what that business is, we do know it involves whimsical pop sensibilities battling against an impressive array of twisted electronics. And countdowns. Dan likes counting.
Amidst the pitch-bending vocoder mayhem, classic rock and roll melodies ride along the surface, making Deacon more sonically descendent from Daniel Miller's Silicon Teens than Devo, to whom he's often compared. Where Ohio's flowerpot-headed quartet deals in kitsch, Deacon's songs carry a light-hearted, kind honesty with them. There's no ironic posturing here, Dan's just truly a goofy far-out guy with a penchant for wreaking havoc on circuitry and ringleading a room into having some fun.
To support his brilliant Carpark Records release "Spiderman of the Rings", Dan's bringing his ever-travelling one man circus on a tour of the UK and Ireland. With four London dates staggered across the month, you have no reason to miss experiencing one of the most gleeful gigs to grace the capital this year. The party starts at The End tomorrow night and continues on its merry way like so:
August 6th - London @ The End
August 8th - London @ Cargo (with Gang Gang Dance)
August 9th - Brighton @ Greenhouse Effect
August 10th - Manchester @ Barge party
August 11th - Bristol @ Thekla
August 13th - Norwich @ Norwich Arts Centre
August 16th - London @ Barden's Boudoir
August 17th - Dublin@ Crawdaddy
August 18th - Cork @ Liquid Lounge
August 19th - Galway @ Roisin Dubh
August 24th - London @ MacBeth
August 25th - Nottingham @ Stealth
August 27th - Edinburgh @ Cabaret Voltaire
Image by Uli Loski courtesy of Carpark Records
