The Dare was a party, and this is your VIP pass. With the new single, "You're Invited," the surging provocateur of the indie sleaze revival has the strobe lights flashing and the madness dialed up to 11. Dripping with reckless desire and a pulse that refuses to die, You're Invited is the sort of track that leaves lipstick smeared and memories fuzzed.
Hot on the heels of announcing his debut project, What's Wrong With New York, and getting ready for his first North American headline tour, The Dare is making a point that he's not just having a moment. He is the moment. Octet seamlessly solidifies his signature cocktail of indie rock grime and electropop bravado, an ungainly child of Jet's swagger and LCD Soundsystem's dance-floor malaise, only messier, snarkier , and way more fun.
The song, which arrives with a grimy, Lazovick-directed visual, throbs with the life of a 3 a.m. fumble that won't leave too much of a bad taste in your mouth well, at least until the morning. It's sweaty, irresponsible, and utterly intoxicating like a stranger's cologne left behind on your skin.