Eclectic-O

The Dangles, our favorite 80’s “chick” rock band from Queens! Guitar, drums and keyboard with canned vocal samples tossed on top—it’s a different way of mixing the body-moving urgency of dance music and the innate raw power of rock ‘n’ roll.

We’ve seen people fuse dance and rock before, but not in a way that sounds as unique or as exciting as Heavy Breathing. The band (which consists of keyboardist Amanda Kleinman, drummer Jeff Schmid and guitarist Erick Jackson, all formerly of The Apes) does not spare us any weight—their heavy riffs borrow from kraut rock, punk and metal, and the band occasionally sounds like they’ve been dragged through the sludge. The keyboards and canned vocals all sound inspired by a Saturday night radio dance party. The result is something unlike anything ever heard either inside or outside the Beltway.

If MUNDY were a cocktail it would require a shot of Cyndi Lauper, a shot of David Bowie, and a twist of Prince with a Veruca Salt rim.