The Dare a twenty-something New Yorker that has become the most recent poster boy for trying to bringing back the early 2000’s indie sleaze genre. The Poster boy for the people who enjoyed the album, and the target for those who didn’t.
Although it’s clear to say that the attitude the tracks are written with, for example in ‘I Destroyed Disco’ “Face it / You'll never reach my level / So don't chase” may show that even if you don’t like it, The Dare doesn’t really care.
When listening to the album it is almost impossible not to hear the obvious links to LCD SoundSystem, and James Murphy’s style of lyricism with some charismatic and ironic lines, like “Sometimes I only play one note / Sometimes I steal what others wrote”. So at least he is self aware, I guess…?
On tracks like ‘Good Time’, ‘Sex’ and ‘Girls’ from The Dares, The Sex EP you can hear the real sleaze element to Indie Sleaze, with messy and titillating references. Another artist who shaped the Indie Sleaze scene is Julian Casablancas, front man of The Strokes, I think his influence could be said to be mirrored in the introduction on the track ‘Good Time’ with the delivery of lines like “Oh, let's have some fun tonight”, have similarities to The Strokes’ track ‘New York City Cops’ introduction delivery.
The Dare - aka Harrison Patrick Smith, also is known for producing the track ‘Guess’ by Charli xcx from ‘Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not’, which since has had a Billie Eilish feature, where he was also to be noticed in the music video after his brief shout out with the lyric “Send them to The Dare, yeah, I think he's with it”.
So if you’re craving a reason, and a soundtrack to wearing a full suit and classic sunglasses inside to block out the flashes from everyones rediscovered digital cameras whilst you immerse yourself in the potential indie sleaze revival, ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ may be for you.
By CAITLIN
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