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Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound - De Novo Dahl

Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound - De Novo Dahl

7 out of 5
(13 tracks - 52 mins)

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Between their playfully outré fashion sense, the goofy monikers adopted by the bandmembers, and their trendy embrace of the remix, it's hard not to get the feeling De Novo Dahl are working very hard to seem weirder than they really are.

Because for all the semi-psychedelic shimmer in their production and vintage synthesizers in their arrangements, De Novo Dahl's second full-length album, Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound, sounds like the work of a fairly traditional pop band -- and a very good one.

Between the widescreen pageantry of "Marketplace," the good-foot R&B undertow of "Shakedown," and the anthemic pomp-pop of "Shout," there's plenty of stuff on Move Every Muscle that would sound right at home on a good mid-'70s radio station once a few of the right angles of the production had been buffed off, and the vocal stylings of Joel Dahl and Serai Zaffiro are appropriately engaging and enthusiastic.

The band sounds tight and energetic on these sessions, with Dahl's guitars and Matthew Hungate's keyboards sounding bring and full of bite, and bassist Keith Lowen and drummer Joey Andrews bring a solid beat to the music.

There are moments on Move Every Muscle where De Novo Dahl seem to want to be the next Flaming Lips (David Fridmann, the Lips' frequent studio hand, mixed four of the tracks), but at heart they seem more like the B-52's, a band that plays smart pop music with a wink, a smile, and a sense of fun, and there's nothing at all to be ashamed of in that.

Title/Composers Performer Listen Time Size Size
1
Shout
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay03:077 MB0 MB
2
Heartbreaker
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay03:438 MB0 MB
3
Means to an End
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay06:0613 MB0 MB
4
Make Some Sense
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay03:548 MB0 MB
5
Be Your Man
Joey Andrews, Mark Bond, David Carney, De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl, Serai Zaffiro
De Novo DahlPlay01:504 MB0 MB
6
Shakedown
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay03:057 MB0 MB
7
Marketplace
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay05:3312 MB0 MB
8
New Hero
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay03:378 MB0 MB
9
Wishful Thinking
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay04:069 MB0 MB
10
Subject of the Kill
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay03:488 MB0 MB
11
Been Kept Up
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay04:029 MB0 MB
12
Not to Escape
De Novo Dahl, Joel J. Dahl
De Novo DahlPlay05:4113 MB0 MB
13
Sky Is Falling
De Novo DahlPlay03:408 MB0 MB
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Artist Job
1
Joey Andrews
Composer, Drums, Group Member
2
David Bason
A&R
3
Mark Bond
Composer, Keyboards
4
Greg Calbi
Mastering
5
David Carney
Composer
6
Jeff Carney
Vocals (Background)
7
Joel J. Dahl
Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Vocals
8
De Novo Dahl
Arranger, Composer, Primary Artist, Producer
9
DJ Kidsmeal
Scratching
10
Tony Doogan
Mixing
11
Jeremy Ferguson
Engineer, Producer
12
Ian Fitchuk
Engineer, Producer, Vocals (Background)
13
Dave Fridmann
Mixing
14
Peter Groenwald
Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals (Background)
15
Aaron Hartley
Representation
16
Matthew Hungate
Group Member, Keyboards, Vocals
17
Heisuke Kitazawa
Cover Art, Layout Design, Package Concept
18
Justin Loucks
Engineer, Producer
19
Keith Lowen
Bass, Group Member, Vocals
20
John Scarpati
Photography
21
Matt Slocum
Cello, Pedal Steel
22
Serai Zaffiro
Composer, Group Member, Omnichord, Percussion, Vocals

De Novo Dahl

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