Back in January I wrote a diary about this great band I discovered--Dengue Fever. You can see it HERE. They are from LA and I live in the DC area, and that is why it took me so long to find out about them--they've been around for years. They have a new album, Cannibal Courtship, coming out on April 19th, but you can preview the whole thing online.
Their music is a mix of Cambodian Pop from the late 60s and 70s before the Khmer Rouge took over, and whatever else they seem to be playing with at the time. It fuses 60s psychedelic with surf music and some really haunting female vocals. This new offering has great production quality as well. I've been listening to it for the last two hours from the internet.
Check it out, and here are a few tips. Don't use IE or Mozilla--it only worked in Google Chrome for me.
Here's the link: http://t.opsp.in/... just click and go or copy if Chrome is not your default browser.
The UNLOCK password is IWANTMYDENGUEFEVER
Enjoy, I ordered my copy for April 19th delivery already. They are coming to Washington DC on June 8th. I already have tickets. I have not been as exited about a band since Pink Martini. This is really great stuff.