She Wants Revenge

The Wombats enjoy dancing ironically to Joy Division and, apparently, they aren’t the only ones. Thoughts might naturally drift to New Order because, after all, dance is the direction the remaining Joy Division members headed. While that answer would be incorrect, it’s a fair guess since rounding out this bizarre dance triangle is She Wants Revenge. Comparisons to their aforementioned predecessors aren’t insulting to She Wants Revenge, whose members Adam Bravin and Justin Warfield count both groups as influences (check out track “Tear You Apart” from their self-titled debut release and you’ll wonder if She Wants Revenge resurrected Ian Curtis). However, with She Wants Revenge, the dark and melancholic meet a ray of sunshine — that’s the commonality existing in all three SWR releases. Currently touring in support of their latest album Valleyheart (an homage to their home base in the San Fernando Valley), She Wants Revenge continues to set dirty misery to a dancefloor-worthy electronic beat that even Curtis himself would find it hard to resist. (Appearing with Peter Murphy and Hussle Club at Metro on November 26) –text: Lisette Medina