| Zounds | ||||
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| Released | 15 August 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Sydney, New York City | |||
| Genre | Alternative | |||
| Length | 55:42 | |||
| Label | Speak 'n Spell Dangerbird Records | |||
| Producer | Chris Coady | |||
| Dappled Cities chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.8/10) [2] |
Zounds is the third album by Australian rock band Dappled Cities, released in Australia on 15 August 2009 and worldwide on 15 September through Dangerbird Records. The album comes two years after their previous release, Granddance, during which time the band was touring the US with the likes of The Fratellis and Tokyo Police Club, with a few forays home riding shotgun to Silverchair, Modest Mouse and LCD Soundsystem. At this point, the band had uprooted from their home of Sydney and settled Stateside. They shot videos in Wyoming gas stations, played impromptu gigs in South Dakota sound factories, partied with Hugh Jackman and Steve Malkmus and even managed to film a 26-episode children's odyssey for Disney called ‘Alphabreaks’.
Under the expert A&R guidance of Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Ladytron, Nine Inch Nails) and respected American co-producer Chris Coady (TV on the Radio), Dappled Cities got busy making music. The band spared no expense, using new-fangled electric guitars and importing a Gakken — a $40 build-it-yourself cardboard synthesiser from Japan — used on all 12 songs. Their drive to succeed saw them hire and conspire with no less than three mixers for Zounds — Coady, Scott Horscroft and Wayne Connolly — in the quest for perfection.[3] The result: "It's an album that really shows the growth and depth of Dappled Cities. Zounds is both grand and emotive and full of euphoric melodies and unique story-telling."[4]