Sitting nervously somewhere between the outrageous, manic pop of Japanese bands like Polysics, the thrashing, eccentric beehive of bands like the B52s and Apples In Stereo, the genderless cyber punk of acts like Sigue Sigue Sputnik and the post-punk chic of The Rapture, The Death Set spit, growl and bomb their way into the headlights of an oncoming chart vehicle.
Born out of Sydney’s experimental rock outfit, Black Panda, the ‘To’ EP features just over a half dozen crazy, pop-art shredding 2 minute pops songs, each one crafted around a fiery pop anthem, a fuzzy hook, some sound clips from the sample library and a crisp, robotic beat. Yeah, they’re a fairly indistinguishable and blurry bunch of songs, but the lack of meaningful punctuation means the record coasts by with a frightening velocity, leaving you breathless, exhausted yet strangely re-energized.
Excellent stuff.