Prinzhorn Dance School: Prinzhorn Dance SchoolDFA: 8/28/2007
If you are at all familiar with the DFA Records catalog, then you will be surprised by Prinzhorn Dance School. DFA has a singularity of vision not seen in a record label since 4AD in the mid-80s. The DFA roster is practically a genre study in post-millennial forms of dance music. This was exactly what I expected from Prinzhorn Dance School, especially considering their name, but they about as far from dance music as humanly possible.
Prinzhorn Dance School offer a kind of stripped down, often non-sensical post-punk. The songs are mostly bass and vocals with very sparse drums and a dab of guitar. The tempo is almost glacial. The album is so homogeneous that you would think it would get irritating, but somehow it all works. Perhaps it's because they pretend to take themselves too seriously, like most acts that are lumped into the post-punk category, but they can barely suppress their giggles. Who can listen to a line like "Can I have a lollipop?" in "Worker" and not smile? Maybe it's their natural sense of melody. Regardless of the reason, Prinzhorn Dance School's debut avoids monotony in spite of its relatively rigid consistency.
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