MP3 Dexter Bentley - In Order Alphabetical
End-of-the-pier psychedelic un-hip pop
11 MP3 Songs
POP: Folky Pop, FOLK: Folk Pop
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deXter Bentley''s closest reference points musically are blues and folk music, though sung with a distinct English twang. With a rather casual attitude towards what is fashionable, their lyrics are compelling analyses of everyday tragedies like filling out your tax return, being stuck in a stale relationship or taking a girl who hogs the candy floss to the beach. Their debut album "In Order Alphabetical" is a great big selection box of lovely treats - at one extreme there is the pared-down rhythmic chant of "Cry Now", with its thrilling, booming group vocal lines, and at the other there is "Fishtank", a gorgeous drone track that sounds like an acoustic My Bloody Valentine. In between there are all the harmoniums, kazoos, toy accordions and agitated Scottish poets that one could wish for. It is with these tools alone that deXter Bentley strive to keep the world free from crime, hate, violence, corruption, insolence, disease, bad breath, insanity, stupidity, rudeness and vermin.