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Nigel Woodon Dengue Fever.

DENGUE FEVER

Venus on Earth

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Here's the sound of California off backpacking in Cambodia circa 1976. Psychedelic surf-guitar (with keyboards to match) meet the Cambodian siren in the shape of Chhom Nimol. She sings beautifully in the Khmer tongue, but also very well in English, at times coming across like an Asian Debbie Harry, full of style and chutzpah.

The California band Dengue Fever feature the impressively bearded Zac Holtzman on guitar and his brother Ethan on Farfisa organ. There are two sparkling English-language songs with a wry take on relationships, and these and several others will insinuate themselves into your consciousness in a pleasant, hazy fashion.

To follow their rousing Electric Picnic gig, Dengue Fever will be in Dublin's Sugar Club on November 15th. To hell with the Indian summer - let's have a Cambodian one!

www.realworldrecords/denguefever

NIGEL WOOD

Download tracks:Tiger Phone Card, Integratron, Monsoon of Perfume