DISLOCATION DANCE - I’m Doing Fine

The breezy, jazzy rhythms and stripped-down new wave of Dislocation Dance overstay their welcome on Midnight Shift. Indie connoisseurs will wolf down the band’s spare instrumentation and upbeat, naïve lyrics; however, Midnight Shift lacks consistency. The group sounds inspired on some tracks and cruising on automatic pilot on others. Dislocation Dance is comprised of talented musicians, capable of flinging themselves from one genre to another, often within the same song. On “Baby Blue,“ they giddily leap back and forth between ’60s Motown and country. Nevertheless, for all of their eclecticism, Dislocation Dance is indebted to late-’70s and early-’80s post-punk acts -- just check out the Friends Again-esque funky riffs of “Show Me,“ the Joy Division-like icy percussion of “Here Comes Love“ and “Mr. Zak,“ and the Pale Fountains-ish acoustic pop of “Bottle of Red Wine.“ (Since trumpet player Andy Diagram was also a member of the Pale Fountai
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