A nice side effect of being a band indebted to the past since your inception is that the years wear well on you.
Such is the case with New Zealand heavy rockers the Datsuns, who've been peddling a fuzz-drenched retro hard rock since 2002 and continue to mine that vein on 2014's Deep Sleep, entrenching themselves in every manner of '70s heavy rock that they can worship.
They'll churn out thick-chorded rockers reminiscent of AC/DC, ominous monuments of doom straight out of Sabbath, a bit of untrammeled fury recalling Detroit renegades the Stooges or MC5, or some straight-up boogie ("That's What You Get" could vie with Foghat), a broad palette that would be enjoyable on its own, but Deep Sleep shows the benefits of veteran status by being accentuated by flair taken from something other than a double-gatefold LP.
Usually, this amounts to any number of lifts from '60s psychedelia: the foreboding "500 Eyes" lightens up on its verses thanks to its sly melody, "Creature of the Week" pulsates with trippy organs, "Sun in My Eyes" pounds with the abandon of a garage rocker.
These fluctuations, quite easy to hear under the sheets of fuzz, is what keeps Deep Sleep from being just another solid record for the Datsuns and amounts to something akin to a progression.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caught in the Silver | The Datsuns | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Bad Taste | The Datsuns | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | Claw Machine | The Datsuns | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Shaky Mirrors | The Datsuns | Play | 02:08 | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| 5 | 500 Eyes | The Datsuns | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 6 | That's What You Get | The Datsuns | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 7 | Creature of the Week | The Datsuns | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | Looking Glass Lies | The Datsuns | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 9 | Sun in My Eyes | The Datsuns | Play | 03:00 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 10 | Deep Sleep | The Datsuns | Play | 05:15 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 34 mins | 79 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 226 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicke Andersson | Percussion |
| 2 | Simon Bayliss | Cover Layout |
| 3 | Philippe Caza | Cover Art |
| 4 | Ben Cole | Drums |
| 5 | The Datsuns | Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer, Tracking |
| 6 | Rudolf de Borst | Bass, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 7 | Cyrille Gachet | Engineer |
| 8 | Laurent Lescas | Engineer |
| 9 | Christian Livingstone | Bass, Guitar, Keyboards |
| 10 | Olly Robinson | Assistant Engineer |
| 11 | Steve Smart | Mastering |
| 12 | Philip Buscke Somervell | Guitar |
| 13 | Jordan Stone | Engineer, Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |