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ReleaseProduct
Sore
Artist
Dilly Dally
Label
Partisan Records
Catalogue Number
PTKF2127-9
Release Date
9 October 2015

For twelve years Katie Monks and Liz Ball have been connected through music. A sister-like bond that requires no words. The two Toronto-based musicians met in high school over a common love of legendary bands like The Pixies, scrawling lyrics and poetry to mimic their heroes. Both self-taught guitarists, Ball and Monks also idolized the lackadaisical sorrow of Kurt Cobain, Christopher Owens and Pete Doherty, slowly manifesting that admiration into their own band they called Dilly Dally, and eventually their debut record, Sore.

Heavy and melodic, and with nods to Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Distillers, and even The Pogues, Monks calls it “All that and a bag of weed.” After years of rotating members, they have settled with Benjamin Reinhartz and Jimmy Tony. The combination resulted in a debut that sweeps the listener along into Monks’ psyche, as she screams in a coarse holler that chameleons, sliding in cadence and scale. Monks paints pictures of snakes crawling out of her head, while Ball adds simple, sparkling guitar leads that cut through the wall of fuzz and pedals. Reinhartz’s drumming is instinctual, driving forward, while Jimmy Tony carries the melody along with his simple and effective bass lines.

Dilly Dally plays like one person, a unit that works to infect the audience. After a few choice singles and a 7”, the band’s debut is strong work, due in part to production from Josh Korody (Fucked Up, Greys) and Leon Taheny (Owen Pallett, Austra, Dusted).

CD includes Fold Out Poster. Vinyl LP includes 11x22 Fold Out Poster and Digital Download Card. Poster features a photo and lyric collage, designed and handmade by Katie, and Sore album art.

Released October 9, 2015.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Desire 3:35 Buy

    Desire

  2. 2 Ballin' Chain 2:53 Buy

    Ballin' Chain

  3. 3 Snake Head 2:18 Buy

    Snake Head

  4. 4 The Touch 4:15 Buy

    The Touch

  5. 5 Next Gold 2:24 Buy

    Next Gold

  6. 6 Purple Rage 2:59 Buy

    Purple Rage

  7. 7 Get To You 3:48 Buy

    Get To You

  8. 8 Witch Man 3:00 Buy

    Witch Man

  9. 9 Green 2:28 Buy

    Green

  10. 10 Ice Cream 2:56 Buy

    Ice Cream

  11. 11 Burned by the Cold 4:03 Buy

    Burned by the Cold

Dilly Dally

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