[vice/shiny: 2004]One night in the early years of the Naughties two guys from Toronto met at a Sonic Youth concert and through the pair's chemistry an intense, sexy fire was ignited. In 2004 that fire capitulated in the form of a single studio record: You're A Woman, I'm A Machine. It's visceral energy - crunching metal-inspired guitars, driving bass riffs, frantic drumming and the untamed vocals of Sebastien Grainger, perfectly captured the essence of the dance-punk movement that became the centre of a scene within which bands like Liars, !!!, the Rapture and Test Icicles emerged.
At times terrifyingly brutal on tracks like album opener "Turn It Out", the beauty of the racket achieved by Grainger and bass and synth player Jesse F. Keeler (now, one half of electro-house outfit MSTRKRFT) is in their awesome hooks - the stuff that makes you want to get on the dance floor and take your shirt off and french the nearest person. Album highlight's include "Blood on our Hands", the title track "Your A Woman, I'm A Machine", and album closer "Sexy Results".
In 2006 after a hell of a lot of touring and rumours of bad blood between Keeler and Grainger, the band broke up citing creative differences - which is code for they hated each other. I guess you could say that the fire went out. They never released another full-length record.
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2 Responses to “DFA 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine”
One of my all time favs.
So sad they could not make more, all the more reason to cherish them.
Great sound made from only two band members
RIP DFA (1979)
I absolutely agree.
I also think that there's something quite romantic about the band that releases one album - a fleeting moment of genius - before dissolving irrevocably. James Dean Syndrome.
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