Django Django - Default

There have been a number of notable recent releases that I've been meaning to write about but haven't got round to it. Let's kick off with the hugely anticipated debut record from indie British outfit Django Django.

Django Django play a mixture of krautrock and experimental indie which produces rather lovely results. The four piece are originally from Scotland and have been clearly influenced strongly by their compatriots The Beta Band. They've been doing the circuit for a few years now and I enjoyed seeing them at a festival in 2010. However the record Default marks their first full length release and is easily the best album I've heard of 2012 so far.

As ever, it all boils down to the fact that Django Django are doing something remotely experimental, interesting and diverse. The second track of the album Hail Bop sounds like it could have been written by Courtney Taylor-Taylor a decade ago, the eponymously named song Life's a Beach breathes a 21st century breath in to surf rock, and Firewater sounds like a B-side to Can's Tago Mago.

You can listen to the album for free now on Spotify here. Enjoy!