Head Automatica: Decadence : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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Daryl Palumbo has spent the last few years shrieking out his angst in the Long Island hardcore band Glassjaw. But for Head Automatica, a dance-rock collaboration with producer Dan the Automator (Beck, Dr. Octagon), Palumbo turns his violent frown upside down. Now his veiled threats come off more like an invitation than a warning. During "Young Hollywood," he yelps, "I wanna fuck you in your God's hands when your praying bites the dust," and his rant is balanced by a groovy old-school hip-hop beat and a fuzzy guitar riff. The rest of Decadence is exactly what the title suggests, brimming with reggae beats, garage-rock tumult and Palumbo going on about discotheques, dance parties and people who done him wrong. Its retrofunky grooves are slinky, sexy and very now. They also prove a point: Sometimes, angry white boys just gotta dance