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Year In A Red Room by Desa
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fave it Punk | Emo
12 tracks | 34 minutes
Released Mar 2005
on Substandard Records
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Post-Hardcore Indie Rock by the ex-members of Link Eighty.
Editorial review
Oakland's Desa is basically the longstanding ska-punk band Link 80 minus saxophonist Steve Borth, but the group's sound is so demonstrably different that the name change makes perfect sense. It's not just the loss of the saxophone that's caused the last traces of ska (which had largely left Link 80's sound after the death of original lead singer Nick Traina) to evaporate from Desa's sound; there's a newfound deliberate quality to A Year in a Red Room, a slightly artsy kind of new wave coolness to songs like "Bermuda Triangle" that increases their emotional and visceral power. Remaking all of the songs from Desa's debut EP, Demonstrates Birth, in better-recorded, cleaner-sounding versions that show off Joey Busto's drumming to much better advantage, Desa has advanced its sound in new and appealing ways. The highlight is the remarkably poppy "Homicide at the Fountain of Youth," a speedy, nervy song that, like much of the rest of the album, recalls the skittish quality of early-'80s post-punk without sounding derivative. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
DESA is from Oakland, CA. where the homicide rate is high, the drug of choice is crack, and the streets are paved with safety glass. One of us is vegetarian, two of us are straightedge, three of us live in the same building in the ghetto, four of us live in the Bay Area, and five of us used to be in Link Eighty.