Artist Daniel Francis Doyle

Spastic and yet still capable of surprising sentiment, Daniel Francis Doyle wrings jagged noise from behind his drum kit, creating live samples of guitar before joining in with machine-gun patter on the skins and bursts of vocals bled through a headset mic. While past releases like Who Are Your Customers? and History Of Considerationtrafficked primarily in Beefheart-esque skronk, Doyle’s 2009 effort, We Bet Our Money On You, takes a quieter, “vocals first” tack. He dials down the splatter-punk bombast and reveals a knack for poppy, Jonathan Richman-esque melodies that find the telltale heart beating beneath those slippery floorboards. Doyle plays here behind a new 7-inch, entitled “There Are Two Of You.”

Updated 09/07/2011