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PRESS >>DOUBLE DAGGER PRESS KIT + BIO>> >>PRINT QUALITY PROMO PHOTOS>> >>THRILL JOCKEY PRESS PAGE>> Press contact: U.K./Europe Press: L.A. Record "Double Dagger distill everything I love about '90s post-grunge underground music into a new style that feels totally fresh and progressive. And that's what underground music is all about: taking the wreckage we've been left with by previous generations and making something revolutionary--and beautiful--from the debris." -- SEAN CARNAGE Rolling Stone "Skull-fuckingly loud." Aural States "One of the most vital bands to ever emerge from Baltimore." MTV Newsroom Best of 2009 "In the manic stew that is the Baltimore music scene, Double Dagger stands above everyone else. The awesome noise generated on More is almost childlike in its exuberance, as if it was recorded on a playground full of kicked-in amplifiers. 'No Allies' is the best first track on any album released this year." Pitchfork Masks EP - 8.1 out of 10 "[At] their best, Double Dagger feel fresh and urgent. Each song is like another alarm clock ringing." All Music Guide MORE Review "Bringing back the spirit of the underground punk movement of the '80s, specifically that of Dischord bands like Minor Threat and Fugazi, Double Dagger's, More, is precisely that. It's more provocative, more realized, and more powerful than any of their prior releases... This is punk rock in the purist form. Filled with social commentary and smart, art-house literary references, picking a favorite on this album could prove itself a difficult feat." Remember Your Future MORE Review "It became something of an addiction, this record. I couldn't put it down. It would end and I'd flip it back over and play it again... I must have listened to this record a hundred times, at least... And damn if it isn't as exciting now as it was the first time." BBC MUSIC MORE Review "MORE exposes Double Dagger's softer side - and it's immensely likable. [The album] is guaranteed to stay deep within the ears and hearts of those it does reach." The Washington Post Ragged Rubble review "One of the toughest things about being an amazing live band is transferring the in-person experience to CD. And there aren't many better live bands than Baltimore trio Double Dagger... There's simply no way to recreate that infectious live energy, but the aptly-titled Ragged Rubble comes pretty close... This is the kind of record that probably won't make it onto the radar of too many people, but will leave a lasting impression on those who take the time to listen." The Stranger MORE Review "On their recent Thrill Jockey album MORE, Baltimore's Double Dagger flex stealthy, sinewy rock that balances brains, brawn, and emotional heft with admirable equilibrium. In the vein of Fugazi, Mission of Burma, and Volcano Suns, they're Rhodes Scholar athletes of caustic sound, summoning anthemic energy with dependable white-guy moxie. You will probably mosh to this, but thoughtfully and at acute angles." The 405 MORE Review "All I can say is I want to kiss the lead singer on his beautiful, bald head for giving me music I can be proud to tell my friends about. Its truly a shame on a criminal level that this band isn't more well known... Give Double Dagger a chance, they will be on your top albums of 2009." Washington City Paper "Double Dagger recently released its stunning third LP, MORE, on Thrill Jockey. The trio's fuzzed-bass-and-monster drumming m.o. is a nod to that thinning brotherhood of post-punk musicians who highlight basement shows and fanzines (what are fanzines?), who haven't thought about wearing guyliner and going emo, who haven't dabbled in concept albums or made records where you need a Ph.D in Steve Reich to get." Baltimore City Paper Top 10 In Music 2009 "Local albums typically get ghettoized to their own list in the yearly top 10, but the response from this year's voters to More was overwhelming, whether those voters lived in Baltimore or not. The band's third full-length and first for Chicago standard Thrill Jockey destroys. Frankly, 'punk' is a stand-in here, because this blasts through punk, hardcore, 'post-hardcore,' and the rest of it into its own field of non-stop revolution." Anti-Gravity Bunny MORE Haiku Review! / daggers are awesome / / double daggers, twice awesome / / i want more daggers / Rock Sound Magazine MORE Review 8.0 of 10 "Double Dagger's debut album for Thrill Jockey is a veritable riot fit to introduce their elastic east coast indie-rock to the wider world. By turns crushingly discordant and deceptively melodic beneath Nolen Strals' twisted intonations, "More" is exactly what you'll be left wanting." Black Plastic UK MORE Review "Don't be put off by the shouts and the labels. A single listen to More proves that Double Dagger have made an album that achieves much more than anything by any band concerned with genres could - it might be hardcore, it might be noisy pop... BlackPlastic doesn't care, it's just awesome." Dusted Magazine Sophisticated Urban Living review "Nice to hear something like this, especially in an era when punk rock is born cynical." The Mobtown Shank Ragged Rubble #6 Top Album of 2007 "Once upon a time, after I'd get 2 or 3 drinks in me, all you'd have to do is mention Double Dagger and I'd go off on a rant of about just how important, relevant and incredible this band is. My opinion has only greatly increased with the release of Ragged Rubble - where now I don't need any drinks to go off and one need not even mention the band as a catalyst. Oh, and anyone writing an article about "The Baltimore Scene" who doesn't mention Double Dagger needs to get their head out of their ass. DD, for the unfamiliar, play minimal punk (they make an impressive amount of noise for only having a bass, drums and vocals) that has a clear perspective - whether it was their prophetic take on the overdevelopment of the city, or design theory that transcends design and can function as a operating philosophy for daily living." Baltimore City Paper Best of Baltimore 2007 : Best Song "Postpunk trio Double Dagger's mordant lament for the health of Baltimore's landscape, "Luxury Condos for the Poor," howls with the feedback-drenched ennui of classic Unwound as singer Nolen Strals fingers these high-priced blights that seem to mock the city's institutional poverty as another sign that "if you've lived here your whole life, it's time to get out." But it's simplistic to think you could move anywhere on the East Coast now and not run into these ugly tombs of drywall and hardwood. "Urban renewal": It's a motherfucker." -Jess Harvell Impose Magazine Show review (10-21-2008) "By the closing of this utterly epic night, Double Dagger was hosting the greatest dude-fest mosh this side of the 12-hour Fucked Up show from last week. So bad-ass was this romp, that our ever-forthright and faithful photographer stowed his camera with the bartender to join in the fray." PUNK PLANET Review Double Dagger review "Po-mo as a motherfucker. At what point does hyper self-consciousness and self-awarness become severe enough to cause the universe to fold in on itself? Hipsterism, internet message boards and design (even their name is a typographic reference) are just some of the subjects tackled by this deconstructed rock combo in an aware of self and audience and place of self within audience (am i over doing it enough yet?) fashion. Songs with titles like "My Dad Has a Theory That The Internet Is The Roman Coliseum Of Our Times" or "Punk Rock vs. Swiss Modernism" probably wouldn't work as well without the minimalist artcore approach Double Dagger employs. So perhaps it is you who writes reviews, yes?" The Washington Post Ragged Rubble top albums of 2007 "2007 album that made me feel most alive, this is stripped-down but plenty-loud post-punk with a message, not too far off from Fugazi. (Ian MacKaye watched approvingly at their August D.C. show.) The band achieves a unique sonic assault by forsaking guitar in favor of just drums and heavy, overdriven bass, so you feel it in your gut every song." Dan Deacon on Pitchfork: Ragged Rubble top albums of 2007 "This is another CD that was played at least once a day this summer. Bruce's bass playing is outstanding on this record. The way he makes one bass make that range of tones and textures is bonkers to me. Set to solid fucking drums and intense lyrics about graphic design and urban planning: What else to you need in a rock'n'roll album?" Catholic University Rag Interview "Double Dagger is one of the most forward-thinking punk bands in the country, and one of the American independent scene's best kept secrets." Baltimore City Paper Ragged Rubble review "Double Dagger has always provided dark, frenetic, politically charged punk rock for people who enjoy using their brains." The Mobtown Shank "Baltimore's most important band." The Washington Post Whartscape show review "[M]any stars of the city's vibrant underground rock scene played five-plus hours of consistently fun, riveting and out-there music at the second annual Whartscape gathering. It was sweaty, it was loud, it was a bit too crowded -- and it was definitely the best party of the summer... The best performance of the night came from post-hardcore trio Double Dagger, which played on a makeshift side stage and worked the crowd into a moshing frenzy with its invigorating bass drums and screaming assault." Baltimore City Paper interview/article The Village Voice doesn't get it "I'm not sure I know what the point is, and I don't care. That shit gets on my nerves." |