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Denver Dudes Channel Frank, Nancy, Lou, Bryan, and Siouxsie
James Hunter
Tuesday, June 13th 2006
This EP is the stuff of instant sonic obsessions. These days, there's nothing shocking about the notion of a Denver-based quartet of various skilled foreign nationals who deliver Gypsy motion, Sinatra-esque pop, mariachi power, and European symphonicism with an empurpled yet poised postpunk drive. Even so, Devotchka's Nick Urtata is way more than a smooth singer with a Bryan Ferry collection. Leaping past eclecticism, the set opens with the grainy Polynesian groove of "I Cried Like a Silly Boy," moving into nuanced Devotchka versions of Frank and Nancy Sinatra, the Velvet Underground, a folk traditional, and more. Their "Something Stupid" isn't loungey; it's meditational. Their "Venus in Furs" isn't decadent; it's questing. And their elegant howl through Siouxsie and the Banshees' "The Last Beat of My Heart" is a genuine wonder.
Devotchka play Bowery Ballroom with the Mendoza Line, Friday at 8, $14, boweryballroom.com.
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