Boy Crisis 'Dressed To Digress' Taster

• 8th Jun 2009

Armed with the same combination of hedonism and surreality that saw their heroes George Clinton and David Bowie through the 70s and 80s, Brooklyn five piece Boy Crisis are on a mission to make you party your way out of the credit crunch.

Specialising in papercut-sharp lyrics delivered in a pleading Prince-like falsetto over sinuous electro p-funk grooves, Boy Crisis are not your average group of skinny-jeaned 20-somethings.

Their debut single L'Homme (Nov 08) was a fine example of perfect sexed-up electro disco (and featured additional vocals from Chairlift's Caroline Polachek). It garnered much praise from the UK media and set the boys up nicely to shelter the winter months their resident Brooklyn to record on their debut album.

Having just finished recording with Mark Saunders, Boy Crisis are ready to go. New single 'Dressed To Digress' (mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent) channels the angular arthouse discoid post punk of Talking Heads and the nonsense cartoon funk of Funkadelic and the Tom Tom Club.

Boy Crisis have all the hallmarks of a classic New York band, with a sound that has evolved out of a riot of influences that takes in funk, soul and hip hop next to punk, pop, stoner rock and the best of their current crop of contemporaries.

Having just completed a run of shows at SXSW, Boy Crisis are heading our way with an exceptional selection of support tours with Friendly Fires, Chairlift and The Sunshine underground. What better way to rouse their British fans just in time to set the summer festivals alight?

Boy Crisis are:
Victor Vazquez, Lee Pender, Tal Rozen, Alex Kestner and Owen Roberts