Swann Danger do more with less.  Stark, yet noisy guitar, pulsing bass lines, solid drumming (which I like better than the drum machine that propelled their earlier recordings), and ice queen vocals are all used sparingly on Deep North, but in the midst of all that cold minimalism is something really intoxicating.  Imagine X-Mal Deutschland reborn as a No Wave band with an unhealthy fixation on Siouxsie Sioux and you're halfway there.  But it's the other half, the half that is pure intensity, that really steals the show.  Deep North is one of those rare albums that makes you want to see the band play live.  Buy the album, go to a gig, and tell me I was right.

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