The third full-fledged album by dEUS (not counting the mixed bag My Sister = My Clock) is their most accessible album to date. The band around singer Tom Barman has discarded all 'disturbing' elements and concentrated on the songs. As a result, The Ideal Crash may sound less original and surprising, but more accessible, so that a larger audience can learn about the qualities of dEUS. The Belgians
… only fly out of the corner a few times in, for example, Everybody's Weird and the mysterious Let's See Who Gets Down First. Most of The Ideal Crash, however, is filled with beautiful guitar pop songs like Put The Freaks Up Front, Sister Dew, The Magic Hour, the folky Instant Street and Dream Sequence # 1. (WvdZ)more
