Daylight Robbery are one of the cool bands currently coming out of Chicago and, at least to me, one of the most interesting bands coming from the U.S. these days. With Through the Confusion the band delivers its first full length record and third release in total. As their two previous efforts, 2008's Washtenaw 7" and last year's Red Tape 7", the new Lp is released through Residue records which in the past two years also released records by such great bands as No Slogan, Sacred Shock, Canadian Rifle and Defect Defect. The music is melodic punk with dual male and female vocals that bring to mind X (as an obvious reference) and more recent bands like Gorilla Angreb and Masshysteri. Overall DR's music is a little more angular then the above mentioned bands, which hints at a healthy dose of British post-punk influences.
This band's main asset is definitely their ability to write extremely catchy melodies and to package them in seemingly simple, yet haunting songs. They already proved this with their excellent song (and personal favorite of mine) 'Circles' on last year's Red Tape 7". This new record again displays the band's skills in songwriting, and tracks like 'Victim of the Late World' or the opening track of the album 'Mystery' will be stuck in your head in no-time and are also two of my favorite songs on the album.
In all fairness, I must mention that there's nothing too groundbreaking going on on this record. But with songs this good: who gives a shit. By going back to a classic punk sound, making it their own and writing some simple yet great tunes, Daylight Robbery are, in my humble opinion, one of the most interesting bands around these days and this record is everything I had hoped for. Definitely a record that will end up in my top 10 of favorite records of 2010.
You can listen to the record and decide for yourself on their site. Also, check out the video below of them playing the song Mystery live.
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