"I'm not afraid you're not afraid..."
The French / Swiss divergent alt rock outfit Dinner and Whiskey Next Week or as their fans call them DAWN.w (the "w" is silent) have just released their full length "Gravitational Pull" and track 4, the dreamy mood swinging "Just like a Doll", pulls you in and doesn't let go. The band has crafted a track that is elegantly potent floating on sinewy grunge movements, the D sharp to D to D flat guitar stepped dissonance (if I am hearing it correctly without the benefit of a guitar nearby) is incredibly coaxing and hypnotically cool. The evocative vocal aesthetic is post rock perfect, dark, gritty and sensual. There are dips and diversions, the rock drumming shifting in trip hop shapes, big musical breaks that erupt with neon coated surreal tones, oohs and aaahs, drones of sound that suggest emotional manipulation as either the predator or the prey "I'm not aware you're not aware" and a big rock glitzy soaring chorus. At one point after those heavy alt rock, dreamy theater ascensions fall away (at around 4 minutes and 36 seconds ) the tension is contained and twisted on pearly guitar notes, as voices, increased drumming like heavy breathing explodes into a heavy runaway rock coda is incredible in the way it grips you. After it all ends (the song that is) you literally want to hear it all over again. I did several times trying to absorb all the dense artistry and amazing musicality.
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.facebook.com/DAWN.wGeneva
https://twitter.com/Dawn_w_The_Band
https://dinnerandwhiskeynextweek.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.instagram.com/dinnerandwhiskey/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeBdszauMSUoVZT0ZGQJs9Q
https://open.spotify.com/artist/24WXaykATkIU7tYWaTyNhu
Dinner and Whiskey Next week (DAWN.w) is a rock band from France/Switzerland blending various influences ranging from progressive rock (Pink Floyd, Muse, Mars Volta) modern metal (Deftones, Gojira, Stake) and new-wave rock (The Cure, Four Stroke Baron, Depeche Mode).
Since its beginnings in 2017, the formation has played a number of concerts, evolving, learning and finding its own musical identity.
After the release of their first EP - "The 'w' is silent" - in 2020, the band has gone back in the studio and released their full-length album entitled - "Gravitational Pull" - on February 11th, 2022.
Since its beginnings in 2017, the formation has played a number of concerts, evolving, learning and finding its own musical identity.
After the release of their first EP - "The 'w' is silent" - in 2020, the band has gone back in the studio and released their full-length album entitled - "Gravitational Pull" - on February 11th, 2022.
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Dinner and Whiskey Next Week, DAWN.w, alt rock, post rock, progressive rock, modern metal, "Just Like a Doll", New album, "Gravitational Pull", France, Switzerland,
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