Dengue Fever's first album is predominantly in Khmer unlike later albums this is because their singer Chhom Nimol's English was not good enough to sing in at this stage of the band's existence. The album has numerous covers from Cambodian Artists from the 60s and 70s, whilst retaining some of the Khmer pop tradition, this album is a largely azzy one with the amazing sax player leading the band's sound, whilst several tracks like "I'm sixteen" have a very Bambi Mollestors surf rock sound to them but generally this is not quite as much a theme as on the band's 2nd album. There's also a cover of the Ethiopian jazz artist Mulatu Astatqe's ...  Read the complete review