Double Naught Spy Car: Words Aren’t Enough
Double Naught Spy Car
Western Violence
Eleven Foot Pole Record Company, 2012
Double Naught Spy Car are an all instrumental band from Los Angeles who’ve been kicking around since the late 90’s. Western Violence, their most recent 
release, is as hard to catagorize as the band itself. From high drama to subtle tension, DNSC deliver some of the best instrumental music currently being recorded. Because of the bands ability to easily shift from surf flavored Spaghetti Western, to cloak and dagger noir cinematic musings one might say they’re just another rock, jazz, samba, and film noir band from LA, but this would be disingenuous.
Just to see if you’re paying attention, the group placed the songs “Western Violence (With Some Sensuality)” and “The Indian” back to back on the disc. The former sounds like a bonus track from Ennio Morricone re-issue and the latter, with it’s many shifts in moods and long running time, sounds like a song that’s be used in a contemporary Western shoot ‘em up.
“Feral Kitty,” feels like a Henry Mancini number given the after hours treatment at a speakeasy. Subdued and slinky jazzy, which revs into a higher gear, albeit briefly; end result, all of it is dead sexy.
“Don Martin Shoes” is a light hearted tiki bar/luau sort of number that’s positively lyrical as it jauntily struts some impressive lap steel guitar leads.
With their sense of humor prominently on display, they close the disc out with “Journey to the Center of Guitar Center,” resplendent with psychedelic six string overload. Much of the music here is nothing short of storytelling genius. It doesn’t take a lot to imagine these songs as the backdrop for films ranging in story and emotion. Overblown, often sweetly subversive and self aware; DNSC deliver memorable music in high style.
