Dance Disaster Movement - We Are From Nowhere

There’s a strange pulse that’s currently surging through the veins of indie-rock. Yeah, that’s right, it’s the rhythm of club culture and broken beats. Somehow, dance – once the estranged, alienated cousin of indie-rock – has somehow transformed into its close, intimate lover. But, thankfully, Dance Disaster Movement’s We Are From Nowhere exposes this Long Beach duo as a band that both stays true to their moniker and album title – they don’t merely pay homage to early ‘80s post-punk forefathers like so many other dance/punk hybrids as they focus on deconstructing punk rock to the point where dance destroys it. And the evidence splatters every minute of Nowhere’s eight track testament to the 21st century evolution of disco and dance writhing in the womb of punk rock. It’s like hearing Suicide wed in an unholy musical matrimony to Iggy Pop or the archetypal synth-punk of the Screamers fornicating simultaneously with the New York noise of Richard Hell and James Chance. But whichever way We Are From Nowhere zigzags, it’s always bent towards fun and twisted towards freeing your ass while your ears try to make sense of the sound of punk teaching itself to dance. [www.dimmak.com]