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Sunday, September 04, 2016

The Sweet Sugary Flavors of DNCE's first offering, SWAAY

DNCE 
SWAAY - EP 
Republic 
Release date: October 23, 2015 

By Shawal Ras 


 After a failed attempt at establishing a Timberlake-like solo career with Fastlife, Joe Jonas returned to the drawing block, whipped a new recipe, and re-emerged as a foursome with a catchy first single about cunnilingus and an EP set to give you a taste of what's to cum come. 

The stroke of genius in Jonas' slow-cooked comeback lies behind 'Cake by the Ocean', DNCE's first single and can easily be noted as one of the most infectious pop singles released in recent years. It's groovy sonic alongside lyrics depicting the many flavors of cake in lieu of its actual lewd translation, the song managed to avoid being banned by radio stations and has since joined the rank of many chart-topping hits with a variety of sugary themes; 'Lil Wayne 'Lollipop', 50 Cent 'Candy Shop', Kelis' 'Milkshake', and many more. 

SWAAY, the first offering from the four-person band (Jonas serves as the vocalist, guitarist JinJoo Lee, bassist/keyboardist Cole Whittle, and drummer Jack Lawless), is enough to give you a reason to like them. Packed with only four tracks, DNCE gave you the perfect dose of introduction ahead of their soon-to-come full-length debut album. Co-produced by Jonas, Mattman & Robin (the Swedish fellas behind Britney Spears' genre-bending Blackout) and Ilya Salmanzadeh (Ariana Grande's biggest hit 'Problem'), the extended play is a dynamic showcase of a group set to rule pop music in 2017. 

With quirky and catchy tracks over multiple sexual innuendoes made for public consumption, SWAAY is such a lively record. 'Pay My Rent', a disco-infused track which I assume to be about Gigolo-ing, is perfectly in-sync with the upbeat 'Cake'. While another falsetto-heavy track 'Toothbrush' is also a very memorable cut about that particular morning-after where you just want to say "Maybe you don't have to rush / We don't need to keep it hush / You could leave a toothbrush at my place." 

To be perfectly honest, I do believe they sound like another carbon copy of Maroon 5 but their distinct edge in music, faux-hipster image, and brilliant-but-cheesy songwriting capability, DNCE got a huge future waiting for 'em IF they can come up with a stellar follow-up that'll surely be mirrored against 'Cake' and the fresh sound of this EP. Stream below.

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