Out Of Your Mind
is a disturbingly schizophrenic second full-length release from
D.N.S.S
. From their swinging first outing,
Boot Party
, the group has developed a more menacing, scraping guitar sound while keeping some of the bare-bones R&B and funk suppleness which made
both edgy and thumping. The opener,
"Wicked Bad,"
kicks the album off with a simmering fury, while the second track, "Basemess," funks out with a groovy organ lead. There's even a mellow melodica interlude on "Dub Narcotic's Delight." But the respite is short, as the band plunges right back into its cocky strut on "Sawed-Off." From here on out it's an herb-fueled battle between funk and punk. All of the tracks are held together by the haunting baritone vocals of K Records founder and semi-retired
Beat Happening
frontman
Calvin Johnson
. It's not another
, but
. are still happily and convincingly out of their minds. ~ Matthew Hilburn