Dengue Fever

Editor's Review:

After much acclaim followed 2005’s Escape from Dragon House, LA-based Khmer rock sextet Dengue Fever had their work cut out for them in terms of a follow-up record. Triumphantly, Venus on Earth is an improvement on what was already good. Spacious arrangements, mature production and contrived songwriting have resulted in a wholly enjoyable collection of psychedelia-infused, Cambodian-pop/rock tunes. Chhom Nimol’s melodies are entrancing, whether she’s singing in English or not, and Zac and Ethan Holtzman’s guitar and keyboards bring a finely tuned “east meets west” medium to the songs, respectively. The purest examples of this are in “Integratron,” where a pulsing rhythm drives Nimol’s fluid melody, and in the irresistible album opener, “Seeing Hands."
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Record Label M80 Released January 2008

Tracks Seeing Hands Clipped Wings Tiger Phone Card Woman in the Shoes Sober Driver Monsoon Of Perfume Integration Oceans of Venus Laugh Track Tooth and Nail Mr. Orange

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