Single review: Prinzhorn Dance School – Seed, Crop, Harvest
Every now and again something comes along that totally blows you away the minute you hear it. Other times a song can take two or three listens before it eventually worms its way into your affections. More often than not it’s the growers that you come back to time and time again, and this would appear to be the case with ‘Seed, Crop, Harvest’, the latest release from Prinzhorn Dance School.
On first listen I found ‘Seed, Crop, Harvest’ quite frustrating. Starting off with a tribal drum beat and a simple, repetitive bass riff the song teases and tricks you into thinking it’s about to explode but never does. When the equally repetitive dual vocals of Tobin Prinz and Suzi Horn (see what they did there?) kick in, and even when an electric guitar eventually joins the party, the steady rhythmic pace is maintained. As I make a point of always giving a song at least two listens before casting judgement though, I played it again and this time found enough in it to warrant a third listen. By the fourth listen that tribal drum beat and simple bass riff had found its way into my head and there it has stayed ever since. ‘Seed, Crop, Harvest’ is a perfect example of post-punk minimalism and as such it’s distant and has an icy coolness, somewhere in the vicinity of Bauhaus if they were fronted by Rakes front man Alan Donohoe. 4/5
Mark Cousens
Out now on DFA Records
www.prinzhorn-dance-school.com
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