Oct

22

The Dutchess and the Duke Grow Up

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They are each of them a Dutchess or a DukeThe Dutchess and the Duke are doing what a lot of bands do: maturing. They played a great set at Portland’s Scion Garage Fest this past Saturday. Theirs was an interesting position; playing between rum-swilling Seattle garage-punkers, The Spits, and shocking-stage-antics based “flower punks”, Black Lips. The Dutchess and the Duke showcased their older, wiser sound by filling the stage with five musicians. Besides the usual two guitars from lead singer Jesse Lortz and vocal partner Kimberly Morrison, there was percussion, bass guitar and plenty of organ to flesh out tracks from their early Rolling Stonesish debut, She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke, and their newly released sophomore effort, Sunset/Sunrise.

Unlike a lot of bands, TDATD are not overreaching themselves with their newer sound. The organ does more than its share to fill out the band’s live sound, and helps to build the dynamics of the old songs as well as the new. The dual vocals and guitars are still very much the centerpiece of their act, but the added instrumentation gives them added punch when they come crashing back into a chorus (see new single, Hands, below), and lend even more power to quiet, solo-voiced verses. The Dutchess and the Duke have proven themselves to be a band with an expanding live show and some serious studio staying power.


MP3: The Dutchess and the Duke - ‘Hands’

Nate Wolff lives in a Greater Metropolitan area where some shows are free and some cost money. He is also privileged to go to school at the base of a dormant volcano.

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