The Death Set
‘Worldwide’
(Ninja Tunes)

Baltimore’s The Death Set is a band obviously hell-bent on hooks and overdriven melody if their debut album ‘Worldwide’, is anything to go on.

The album boasts the endearing noise of unrefined creation. From the timeless call-to-arms of ‘Negative Thinking’, through the rallying cry of ‘Intermission’; the love-buzz of ‘Heard It All Before’ along the serrated edge of ‘Cold Teeth’; through the wistful chime of ‘Had A Bird’, and the high-voiced androgyny of ‘Day In The Wife; The Death Set exploits consonance and dissonance to the fullest.

‘Around The World’ enters enemy dancespace, while ‘Listen To This Collision’ puts crowds on a crash course with each other.

While The Death Set’s sound is most like that of its punk influencers – Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Buzzcocks, it also bears the distinct mark of hip-hop and electronic styles in production and as interludes in their raucous outbursts.

Layering breakneck fuzz atop lo-fi electronics, searing vocals over-scored by a lift of positivity, The Death Set are definitely working on redefining the space of the anthem. Riotous stuff.
(3/5)

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