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DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE - 14 TRACK 12" VINYL LP "OBSCURED BY FUZZ"

Dan Melchior und das Menace - Obscured by Fuzz

Side 1
Obscured by Fuzz

flash music player.

citadel
muggy weather
repeater
let's go deeper
smut!

Side 2 caffeine and alcohol
yr belligerent face
carl iz banal
folksinger
visiting
strange exchanges
message board gnomes pt 1 limousines meticulous

When Topplers Records started it's MySpace page in 2006 one of the first people to get in touch was Dan Melchior and when we checked out the tracks on his MySpace page we were blown away!
His back catalogue started with collaborations with Billy Childish and Holly Golightly and a solo 7" was released on Billy's Hangman record label in 1997. He then left England for the USA and formed the 'Broke Review' who released several bluesy rock records on 'In The Red' records.

As good as these records were they didn't prepare us for the quality of the stuff he was releasing with his new band Dan Melchior und das Menace. This was less like the authentic bluesy sound of his early work and more experimental and vibrant! There were hints of Dylanesque lyrics, nods to sixties psychedelia, huge dollops of post-punk DIY and, most of all, layers of fucked up and fuzzed out guitars behind memorable songs with biting lyrics! Dan has been producing an onslaught of releases over the past couple of years, mostly on good old fashioned vinyl. He has been represented by some of the coolest record labels on the planet but has only had two tracks released on compilations here in the UK until this LP was released on Topplers!

PRESS RELEASE

Topplers records released one of Dan's tracks on their first 'See Dee' compilations in 2006. This was the classic 'Elev to Mezz' which was later put out in the US as a 7" on Daggerman Records. His only other recent UK release was 'The Empty Days Pile Up' an instrumental track on the excellent (and beautifully packaged) The Dusty Tales CD from Dust Wind Tales.

This album comes hot on the heels of his excellent double LP 'Thank You Very Much' on Sacramento's finest SS Records AND his 'Christmas for Crows' LP which sneaked out at the tail end of last year on Daggerman. You would think that Dan would be burnt out after these releases (not to mention a handfull of excellent singles) but this new album is crammed to bursting point with 14 instant hits! The album title is Obscured by Fuzz and that pretty much sums up the sound. Dan lets rip with a visceral assault from his guitar on the title track and weaves a web of sound from metallic mayhem through bouncing acoustic pop, mysterious psychedelica and hints of rootsy folk picking!or one hell of an album...

check out Dan Melchior und das Menace at:

http://www.danmelchior.net
http://www.myspace.com/dasmenace

and buy his back catalogue from:

http://www.s-srecords.com/ss/cat.html
http://www.daggermanrecords.com
http://columbusdiscountrecords.com http://www.myspace.com/convulsiverecords