death from above 1979 discography torrent

“I will never hurt you, lover,” sings Grainger on Going Steady, while on an early, obnoxious song called Dead Womb he reveals a desire to conform: “We’re looking for wives/ So tired of sluts coming up to us in clubs with their cocaine.” It combined a sonic malevolence with tenderness: a punk-rock torch-song album for the young and horny. He says: “‘How much did we get paid to play Coachella in 2011?’ What the fuck?”ĭFA 1979 were always more pernicious than the dance-rock bands they were compared with – closer, perhaps, to other noisy two-pieces such as Lightning Bolt than they were to Yeah Yeah Yeahs or the Rapture – but their songs were also sensual and romantic, which helps explain You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine’s enduring appeal. Then, as I sit down to join them, Grainger notices a question I’ve written down. Journalists got short shrift, too, and I fear the worst for this interview when they say they’ve come straight from the airport, jetlagged. They responded with an all-caps blitzkrieg: “FUCK DFA RECORDS FUCK JAMES MURPHY WE DECLARE JIHAD ON THEM HOLY WAR ENDING IN THIER DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT.” In 2004, New York’s DFA Records sent them a cease-and-desist order, forcing them to add the “1979” to their name. It seemed typical of a band that, first time round, could be aggressive to the point of boneheadedness. When they first reunited, they refused interviews, leaving fans none the wiser about why they re-formed and what went wrong before.

Today, the duo are not only back together, they’re in London pushing a second album, The Physical World, to be released on Tuesday, 10 years after their debut. Death From Above 1979 perform at the CMJ New Music Festival at CBGB’s, New York in 2004 Photograph: AS/Keystone USA/REX

Death from above 1979 discography torrent