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The band recorded the album after a hiatus followed by a global pandemic, which allowed them to fesh out tracks which presented themselves as slower, more lengthy, psychedelic jams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuk Tuk Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50391664099659,"sku":"2027119","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50391664886091,"sku":"2027120","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1_3ab0f65b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726400563"},{"product_id":"dengue-fever","title":"Dengue Fever","description":"\u003cp\u003eFronted by amazing vocalist Chhom Nimol, Dengue Fever has surprisingly universal appeal - Chhom herself is already quite accustomed to seizing the hearts of listeners (including the King and Queen of Cambodia), as she comes from a family best considered as a Cambodia pop music dynasty– not unlike a Cambodian version of the Jacksons. The rest of the band is no flake-fest either, consisting of Zac Holtzman (Dieselhed) and his brother Ethan on Farfisa organ, Senon Williams (Radar Brothers), David Ralicke (Beck) and seasoned drummer\/ engineer Paul Smith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir covers stay remarkably true to the crazy party music spirit of the '60s- and '70s-era originals. But there are also original songs, some of which veer off into the darkened corridors of lost love and ghostly noir romanticism, dissolving sometimes into spaces of genuine bleakness and tragedy — all in the Khmer tongue. Far from mere novelty or cheap Orientophile thrill, Dengue Fever keeps listeners on their toes, dancing to their way-out tones. 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If that fact that Dengue Fever's music has been used in films as diverse as Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers and the John Cusack vehicle Must Love Dogs isn't proof enough of its potent versatility, then the ease and unity with which the band conflates idioms should be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuk Tuk Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50470440239435,"sku":"304057","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0415058f-c234-41d3-af08-5f69d400f7d1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727377055"},{"product_id":"venus-on-earth","title":"Venus On Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree albums in the novelty has worn off, but Dengue Fever has smartly chosen to keep evolving - \u003ci\u003eVenus on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is at once the band's most accessible and most varied release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recap: when first heard from in 2003 on their self-titled debut, Dengue Fever was like no other band, fronted by a Cambodian-born woman, Chhom Nimol, who paid homage to that Asian nation's pre-Pol Pot cheesy psychedelic-cum-lounge-surf-garage pop sound of the '60s\/early '70s. For Venus on Earth, the mainstream beckons, or comes as close to beckoning as it's ever going to for a band as non-mainstream as Dengue Fever. Nimol's vocals are as beguiling as ever, Ethan Holtzman's Farfisa organ still swirls, Zac Holtzman's guitars still chime and chunk, and Paul Dreux Smith's drums clang happily along. With horns provided by David Ralicke and bass from Senon Gaius Williams, Dengue Fever has softened some of the rougher edges, injected some serious soul, and added more swing to their thing. \"Oceans of Venus\" could be an outtake from the first B-52's album, \"Clipped Wings\" a lost Blondie tune, and \"Woman in the Shoes\" is just one of the most cuddly pop songs in ages. The groovelicious Nimol-Zac Holtzman duet \"Tiger Phone Card,\" a tale of a long distance Phnom Penh-NYC romance, is the pop smash Yoko Ono might have had in an alternate universe. 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