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Dengue Fever, an exotic blend of Cambodian rock, Afro grooves, surf, and garage psych, returns with "Cannibal Courtship," the group's first studio album since 2008's "Venus on Earth" and their Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group debut.
With 11 new tunes, "Cannibal Courtship," features songs sung in English, and Khmer (Cambodian). The album also features beautiful backing harmonies by The Living Sisters. With "Cannibal Courtship," the band has reached a powerful new plateau, deftly balancing the wide-ranging influences that inform their sound and songs. Longtime fans will get their required dose of Nimola's haunting vocals and the band's spooky, kinetic, mood-swinging sound on the new disc but the group, which produced the set together, has upped the creative ante. The band's eclecticism gels instantly on the slinky, spiky rock of 'Cement Slippers,' 'Family Business,' '2012' and 'Cannibal Courtship.' They display a deep pocket and soaring vocals on the Cambodian dub track 'Uku,' deliver bilingual, gear-shifting drive on 'Only a Friend,' and mesmerize on 'Mr. Bubbles.' "Cannibal Courtship" is, like the tropical malady that gave the band its name, wildly infectious.
Secret Chiefs 3 is an ever unfolding musical vision: "...an outside-the-box journey into sights and sounds from far and deep into the imagination, and a fascinating antidote to the often stultifying dearth of vision and ambition in so much rock music today." - Daniel Lukes, Lollipop
"Cast the clear light of alchemical truth through the graphically enhanced occult fog, and you'll find an album fluffed full of magick, mystery, and densely orchestrated mosque-rocking beats." - Richard Gehr, Village Voice
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