During a recent interview, guitarist Josh Diamond was reluctant to liken his group's music to a religious experience, but he admitted that a spiritual element exists in Gang Gang Dance's work.
In short, it's an album of such bizarre ambition that even Bjork will have to remove her headdress of human hair, have a long look at the mirror, and worry about what to do next.
The band's new CD/DVD Retina Riddim has me thinking hard these days about its contentional music -- more so than if it had released just another pretty pop record.
To handle noise and form it into composition is not easily done, and despite the many groups making the effort these days - Wolf Eyes, Black Dice, etc. - few do it as pleasurably as the Brooklyn quartet Gang Gang Dance.