Party Dozen – Party Dozen

Mar
02
posted by tommy

Last time PD graced the glossy pages of Sound Doc was April 2016, when they unceremoniously made their opening move – a two-tracker featuring a single by the name of ‘The Living Man’. Roundabout a year later and both those songs found their way onto a full length (also called The Living Man). In the time shortly prior to its release and in the months thereafter, they lent their full weight to their anvil-heavy live show and are, in my humble opinion, one of the very few truly essential Australian live performances currently in effect. It’s blistering catharsis, strobing intensity, distorted horn blasts, synth stabs and Jonathan Boulet’s best efforts to lay waste to his kit. They’re a band who’s byproduct is not just light but also heat.

And now, we arrive in the now, with the duo having just releasing their first new music of the year. It’s simply titled ‘Party Dozen’, chosen because the song itself is a fair, holistic reflection of what the duo are all about. The accompanying video parallels that same frenetic anxiety that’s in everything the band do and just like their previous output, this song transcends all efforts made to categorise the sounds. It’s a ven diagram with variously labelled circles like ‘rave’, ‘metal’, ‘jazz’, ‘experimental’ and ‘instrumental’ and the band found squarely within the imbricate space. Noone knows what this business is and scientists have put thousands of hours and 2 million in funding into the issue and we’re none the closer. Apply your ears and eyes to the great mystery below.

The video was shot by Jack Saltmiras who also shot Exhibitionist’s glorious ‘Hands’ video in 2017. Makes sense too, given that Exhibitionist is in fact Kirsty Tickle, saxophonist and one half of Party Dozen. And for one final connection, Jack Saltmiras makes/once made music under the name of Skeleton Jack who turned up on Sound Doc back in 2013.

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