If Canadian dance-rock two-piece Death From Above 1979 had any worries about reforming in 2011, they needn’t have. They caused a riot at their comeback gig at the South by Southwest festival in Texas, then found out as they toured the US and Europe that the size of their audience had grown dramatically in the six years they were off the road – all because of a brilliant 2004 debut album, You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine.
Last year, the band - a Royal Blood-style minimalist duo of drummer/singer Sebastien Grainger and bass player Jesse F Keeler - released a follow-up, The Physical World, which proved they’d lost none of their thunder. Highly political songs from the album like Government Trash became Zane Lowe and 6 Music favourites and, amazingly, this is their first ever Glastonbury appearance - be sure to get stuck into the mosh-pit.
If Canadian dance-rock two-piece Death From Above 1979 had any worries about reforming in 2011, they needn’t have. They caused a riot at their comeback gig at the South by Southwest festival in Texas, then found out as they toured the US and Europe that the size of their audience had grown dramatically in the six years they were off the road – all because of a brilliant 2004 debut album, You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine.
Last year, the band - a Royal Blood-style minimalist duo of drummer/singer Sebastien Grainger and bass player Jesse F Keeler - released a follow-up, The Physical World, which proved they’d lost none of their thunder. Highly political songs from the album like Government Trash became Zane Lowe and 6 Music favourites and, amazingly, this is their first ever Glastonbury appearance - be sure to get stuck into the mosh-pit.
