Given their quiet mystique, the news of a live album excited many fans of their rowdy, smartass brand of rock and roll. Thankfully, The Minneapolis Uranium Club LIVE at Arci TAUN!, a document of the band playing a compact 40-minute set in the small town of Fidenza in Northern Italy, perfectly showcases what makes Uranium Club such a unique group.
Every time Dama Scout sound like they’re about to miss a note, they resolve the dissonance with a sugar sweet hook before hard cutting right back into whirling chaos. The Dama Scout EP shows that in four songs they have not only firmly put their foot in the door, but also have simultaneously broken the handle.
Bib excels in effortlessly shifting from one version of punk to another, often within the span of mere seconds. The sludgy riffs that adorn each track are balanced by short-lived melody at every turn, keeping these bizarre songs accessible to even the most fair-weather fans of what their label, Pop Wig, has termed “sketchy punk.”
