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Mar 19th, 2008 - 07:43:02 |
Into Their Own
Dutch Pink
Dustin Leslie (frontman extraordinaire) jots down a napkin-tracklist for me of Dutch Pink’s newest EP, 6 Little Songs of Ourselves — sonnets by Frost, Shakespeare and Shelly put to solemn and beautiful accompaniments from this local trio. With Clyde on bass, Dave Iannuzzi on drums and the masterful guidance of Tony Hamera’s recording, the album is a labor of love. “[It was] the hardest goddamned thing we ever had to do,” notes Dustin.
“If the friendship stops, the band stops,” says Clyde of the strenuous process under which Dutch Pink live. “Having that rule lets us yell and scream and go for the better in all three of us.” Dustin and Dave have been friends for 21 years and they've known Clyde for 16, so I'm intrigued when Dustin tells me, “Much of what we do is accidental.” These beautiful accidents are torch songs, tinged with funky, unique time signatures, dark folk ballads with an indie-rock shred; a discussion with Baudelaire’s ghost on a moonshine hangover. It is finding one’s own sound organically, not self-righteously, as Dustin’s original entry on 6 Songs so eloquently states: “Let us forget what was written about …” | RDW
Dutch Pink • 10/13 • Record Release Bus Tour (Detroit, Hamtramck & Ferndale)
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