{"id":84446,"date":"2019-06-25T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=84446"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:26:41","slug":"review-doll-skin-love-is-dead-and-we-killed-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-doll-skin-love-is-dead-and-we-killed-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Doll Skin \u2013 Love Is Dead And We Killed Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84448\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dollskin-Loveisdeadcover-compressor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dollskin-Loveisdeadcover-compressor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dollskin-Loveisdeadcover-compressor-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dollskin-Loveisdeadcover-compressor-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dollskin-Loveisdeadcover-compressor-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/dollskin-Loveisdeadcover-compressor.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Fast, feisty and powerful, <strong>Doll Skin<\/strong> come at you with attitude. It wasn\u2019t always this way; their debut EP was pretty uninspiring and it wasn\u2019t until first album \u2018<em>Manic Pixie Dream Girl<\/em>\u2019 they hit their stride. On latest release \u2018<em>Love Is Dead And We Killed Her<\/em>\u2019 you really feel their intensity, but they haven\u2019t quite captured their previous record\u2019s magic.<\/p>\n<p>Opening like a lawnmower, \u2018<em>Don\u2019t Cross My Path<\/em>\u2019 churns through dirty riffs, pop choruses and powerful growls. It\u2019s assured and their attitude is on full display. In fact, on songs like \u2018<em>Ink Stains<\/em>\u2019 when you get a dose of AC\/DC riffing, howling singing and a tonne of guitar abuse during the outro, it\u2019s great. Especially as the album has a rough edge.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded with Mike Green and Will McCoy, everything sounds like it\u2019s been stripped down in bleach and when they go hard, it\u2019s damned effective. However, the band can\u2019t resist bubble-gum Avril Lavigne pop-rock singalongs. No bad thing in theory, but they don\u2019t fit well at all. Notably, the chorus to \u2018<em>Outta My Mind<\/em>\u2019 sounds pasted on and feels false. Similarly, \u2018<em>No Fear<\/em>\u2019 struggles with a laidback schmaltzy style.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Doll Skin - Mark My Words (Official Music Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJ4naFRx6jE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lead vocalist Sydney Dolezal has a stunning, powerful voice. She sells every song by finding great big hooks in every line she sings. There\u2019s no doubt they can write a massive chorus, just listen to \u2018<em>Empty House<\/em>\u2019, it\u2019s huge. Lyrically, there are some great turns of phrase too and you can imagine the brilliant refrain on \u2018<em>Your Idols Are Dying<\/em>\u2019 being yelled back in a live setting. Unfortunately, not every song shares this momentum. Despite trying her hardest to get her hooks into you, Dolezal comes across as declawed.<\/p>\n<p>At its best \u2018<em>Love Is Dead And We Killed Her<\/em>\u2019 is anthemic and feisty with a side order of riffs. You\u2019ll have no trouble being hooked in by the heart and bite of the vocals. Ultimately though, it\u2019s like a huge fudge sundae, full of goodies but somehow it doesn\u2019t quite satisfy.<\/p>\n<p>3\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Love Is Dead And We Killed Her<\/em>\u2019 by <strong>Doll Skin<\/strong> is released on 28th June on <strong>Hopeless Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doll Skin<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dollskinband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dollskinband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dollskinband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dollskinband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/dollskin.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Ian Kenworthy (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhisperingSand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WhisperingSand<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u2018Love Is Dead And We Killed Her\u2019 is anthemic and feisty with a side order of riffs&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":84448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,17215,246,15621,17216],"class_list":["post-84446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-doll-skin","tag-hopeless-records","tag-ian-kenworthy","tag-love-is-dead-and-we-buried-her"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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