Sounds Xp demo review

The Clerks are dead, Long Live Maudite Dance

It’s grim up North but even the grey city landscape of Manchester must have its wistful appeal if four French young musician chose northern gloom to the chic bohemian streets of Paris.

The name of the band might have changed, the number of members increased, but the love for the Mancunian music heritage that inspired The Clerks still survives in their new incarnation – Maudite Dance.

Their first demo offering as a 5 piece brings a new injection of energy and pop sensitivity to the band’s music. Infectious keyboards and the light, soft refrain of ‘Echoin’ are a sophisticated sunshine indie pop exercise smartly clashing against the darker Joy Division urgent guitars and sharp bass lines of ‘Underground’, topped only by the familiar feisty boy-girl juxtaposed vocals and bouncy dance beats of first single, ‘The Dissidents’.

The Dance might be Maudite but definitely worth a try.

Elisabetta P.