If we read the press material right, we’re pretty sure it said that Dazzle Ships formed around the beginning of this year, and has already landed on a bill with Memory Tapes at a sold-out show in Los Angeles. That’s fast even by the lightning-quick standards of the digital age.

Thing is, you’d never guess that a) Tyler Haran, 20, and Hatii De Leon, 18, had only been together as a band for three months, or b) that they’re 20 and 18 years old. The pair has expressed a desire to make “experimental pop” music that triangulates David Bowie, Brian Eno and the Cocteau Twins.

That’s an appropriate enough description for “Least Resistance,” the title track of their four-song debut EP, out Tuesday on Family Time Records. Haran intones reverberating, robot-like lyrics over a simple beat, flat bass and knife-like guitars, while De Leon adds distant backing vocals. It’s an unsettling sound, but it’s also compelling.

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March 29, 2010 at 8:32 am | Share |