Dan and Paul were late again. Well, the first time they cancelled. The boys are much in demand these days. This time I managed to forgive them as it was the day after the launch party for their latest CD, “Heart Attack.”

Anyway, 90 minutes after our scheduled session time, a tiny station wagon crept up our tiny driveway. I just assumed it was someone else and continued to be pissed off. They´d need to bring along a truckload of gear and even Lara Flynn-Boyle couldn’t squeeze into the back of that car. Then two tired or possibly hungover guys emerged and began to extract an entire drum kit, multiple keyboards and amps from the hatch. Straight-up David Copperfield moves, really. Oh yes – a white keytar came out too.

I was skeptical of what the indie-electro duo would sound like live but they quickly served me a big cup of shut the hell up. The first track “Can’t See Straight” was incredible. Check out the video. The second, “Under Attack” was equally hot, if a little frantic and manic. Dan belted out the words so vigorously, I fully expected to be blasted with gore and brains at any second. But I was enjoying their music too much to express any concern – even the fake kind. He sounded really vexed though. I believed that maybe he really couldn’t see straight. Paul, affectionately referred to by Dan as the Indian Jason Schwartzman (it’s freakishly true), rocked out on the drums in his socks. When asked about it, he said he couldn’t imagine anyone drumming with shoes on. Okay.

I was really very disappointed when they didn’t play “I Wasn’t Made for Fighting,” the track that first got me hooked on Woodhands. Download it now.

Watch the performance

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P.S. If you like this sound, look into Edmonton-based electro rockers Shout Out Out Out Out.