On the Fourth day of Christmas, my Friends List gave to me
Four hours waiting in line,
Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
A Double espresso
And a bunch of miscellaneous debris

dEUS – In a Bar, Under the Sea

After the Mercury Rev show, a quick recap showed that the next gig to show up on our shores is dEUS. Feeling woefully unprepared, I asked three people whose taste I value for their favorite dEUS album. Naturally, I got three different responses. Not bad for a band with three albums. (Not counting the new one, which no-one knows yet).
So my main criterion for choosing an album is the one I get my greedy little mitts on first. So I ended up with this quirkily-titled album, out of which I was only familiar with “Little Arithmetics” – a relatively quiet and soft song. This song, however, proved to be neither indicative nor unexpected in the album – the style seems to shift from track to track, seldom repeating itself – from the rock/rap of “Fell Off the Floor, Man” to the groove-setting “Supermarketsong” to crunchy guitar riffs in “Memory of a Festival”.
All in all, a good introduction to dEUS. I’ll try to get around to sampling more albums before the show.
Oh, and I like their site, too. Especially the cover of their latest album, Poclet Revolution.

Recommendations: Little Arithmetics, Memory of a Festival, and lots of video and audio footage on their site.

Summary: Good, solid rock band. Interesting music, and they’re even coming to Israel. What more could you ask for?