D-A-D  -  A Prayer For The Loud 

Album release 31/5/19 

Review by; DeeDee 

 

Back in 1984 three friends met up in Copenhagen and formed Disneyland After Dark. With a punk/country, tongue in cheek ‘Cowpunk’ style, they created a storm. In 1989 however, a threatening lawsuit with the Walt Disney company, forced a change of title, to the initials D-A-D, just as they were on the verge of becoming well known. They continued to play up to 1992, when they decided to take a break from the madness that often surrounds the nebula of a band. So for 3 years there was silence, until 1995 when sporadic albums followed over the ensuing years. Actually, the last proper release was back in 2011 with DIC·NII·LAN·DAFT·ERD·ARK, which did really well in the Danish charts. I remember seeing them around 1990 and they have always stuck in my mind as a great band. Brilliant to watch, having an original sound. Well, in 2019 they appear to be back.     

 

‘Burning Star’ the first track is a hard hitting rocker, with a beautiful disturbing angle that warns you from the start that this is going to be a comeback album like you’ve never heard before. Singer Jesper Binzer is quoted as saying that the new release is ’Straight From The Heart’. No holds barred, we descend into a blues infused hue as the title track cries out, its D-A-D reaching and grasping something new. Low emissions, screaming twangs and a mellow laid-back hook, it’s got it all, oh so nice. Complete turnaround on ‘Nothing Ever Changes’ a sleazy jaunt that just rocks along with a sharp bite, love the guitar on this from Jacob Binzer. ‘The Real Me’ is a softly howling song, again with cool guitar that gives it a pure vibe. It gets a bit distorted on ‘No Doubt About It’ with heavier riffs, a lot more forbidding and one of my favourites. ‘A Drug For The Heart’ is a semi-acoustic sounding slow one, with Jesper taking full control with the vocals, 4 minutes of total joy, you might need a tissue at this point.    

 

D-A-D get back to business with ‘Musical Chairs’ speeding and angry, this is aggressive rock at its best. ’Time Is A Train’ puts the brakes on after the previous track, slower and punching it’s a steady anthem, with slight Saxon undertones. Generous guitar and Laust Sonne on drums is impressive. Last number ‘If The World Just’ tackles the state of our present situation in time, getting the message across without being too overbearing. 

 

Definitely a successful comeback, D-A-D has written an album without any weak points. An unconditional surrender of my senses, I’ve been totally blown away. They are playing some festivals this year mainly in Scandinavia, but they do appear in the UK in March 2020, at next years HRH AOR in Great Yarmouth, I’m already counting the days.      

 

5/5

 

D-A-D  are - 

 

Jesper Binzer - Vocals/ Guitar

Stig Pedersen - Bass /Vocals 

Jacob Binzer - Guitar 

Laust Sonne - Drums