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Discovered by Domino label boss,  Laurence Bell,  in his local watering hole - a distinctly off-the-track hostelry - Archie Bronson Outfit are one of the most unique and brilliantly out of step British bands in years. Originally hailing from the West Country,  the trio relocated to Southwest London where they studied art alongside future members of current up and coming London contemporaries such as The Beat Up and The Duke Spirit. Juggling their art school education with the grand task of refining their rock and roll vision,  Archie Bronson Outfit arrived at their own markedly British rock cocktail - a taut,  lean sound,  as subtle as it is powerful. The best groups,  one imagines - from The Beatles in Help to The Magic Band making Trout Mask Replica - live and create together in romantic squalor. The, Archies are no exception,  the three piece sharing a decadent south London flat, where anything goes.  “We came back from tour and we had nothing to do,  so started writing this, album and we did it all in guitarist Dorianʼs bedroom and we went a bit nuts, ” says, singer/guitarist Sam Windett. “Weʼd get up,  have a coffee and stumble straight into the room and start playing. We played for days and days and that turned into weeks and weeks.” Honing the songs down was an arduous process,  but when it was done they flew to Nashville, Tennessee to record them with producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Modest Mouse).  And the result is a compact marvel of high-strung energy and demented grooves that theyʼve called Derdang Derdang.  Thereʼs an intensity and urgency to Samʼs singing that might recall Pere Ubu for some, an angularity to the boysʼ riffing which has echoes of The Monks in its unhinged thrust and bluesy roots. Theyʼd steeped themselves in soul music and Scandinavian psych,  Faust,  Son House and The Gun Club,  but the long gestation and careful editing means that, chiefly, The ABO on Derdang Derdang sound like themselves.  An 11 song set thatʼs melodically insidious and swings like a noose...

Benjy Ferree's musical coming-out followed an aborted attempt at an acting career, which brought a surreal existence in Hollywood to a close. He returned home to the Mid-Atlantic, more enlightened, more skilled on guitar and found work tending bar at DC's Black Cat nightclub. There he heeded the encouragement of new friends, Brendan Canty (Fugazi) among them, and began to focus on the songs he had been writing for his own personal enjoyment. Leaving The Nest is the fruits of that encouragement and those life experiences, with a surefooted timelessness in an era of trends being cycled and recycled through at an exhausting speed. Musical and historical ghosts of The South haunt the corners of this album like a Faulknerian travelogue while bringing to mind the works of Terrence Malick, whose movies leave it to the viewer to find meaning in all the ambiguous beauty. “Ferree is content to let his music do the talking, and it’s not hard to see why... a charming piece of backporch Americana that brought to mind the likes of Iron & Wine, Beachwood Sparks and even a bit of Bright Eyes.” - Washington Post

In a world where death is a daily occurrence, one family lives in fear of their lives and the evil that lurks in their septic tank...which has absolutely nothing to do with the latest episode of Dominocast! Welcome music fan. Allow us to tantalize your senses with aural delights. In this episode, the very latest musical wonders from psych-garage maestros, the Archie Bronson Outfit, Arctic Monkeys, electro-pop romantics, Junior Boys, folk troubadour Adem, James Yorkston, classic cuts from lo-fi pioneers, Sebadoh and Scotland's Josef K. And if that's not enough, we have a shiny new track from Clinic. 00:00 Archie Bronson Outfit - Dart For My Sweetheart 02:09 Sebadoh - The Freed Pig 03:44 Arctic Monkeys - Leave Before The Lights Come On 04:43 Junior Boys - In The Morning 06:30 Adem - Launch Yourself (Barny Radio Edit) 07:54 Josef K - Sorry For Laughing 10:00 Clinic - Harvest 11:23 James Yorkston - Steady As She Goes 12:49 Four Tet - Radiohead Skttrbrain