Like a dance-rock revelation, El Paso’s The D.A. arrived four years ago and have been making converts ever since. The band, an incomparable chimera of indie rock and synth pop, has won a huge following in their hometown of El Paso and other Southwest cities and now have a new album, “You Kids!,” poised to take them far beyond. The full-length debut, recorded by Justin Leeah (sound engineer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “It’s Blitz!”), is 10 tracks of impeccably produced pop set apart by its merging of electronic sounds, soaring trumpet and bare bones rock instruments.
They have shared stages with such indie darlings as Yelle, Foster the People, Twin Shadow, Crystal Castles, Mister Heavenly, Holy Fuck, Miniature Tigers, Pomegranates and Prefuse 73. This spring they more than held their own on a bill with MSTRKRFT, CSS and Beach Fossils at El Paso’s first-ever Neon Desert Music Festival. If their live show has cracked open a door for the band, “You Kids!” should bust it wide open.
The D.A. - Big Woman | Download
The D.A. - Pastels | Download
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