Conclusion
You can find that juxtaposition all throughout the album. In the lyrics and visuals as we’ve seen but also in the sounds. There are a lot of examples found throughout the album but a few that stick out to me include the transition between Restraint into The Bomb, the ending of Girls Against God, and then something she does often is the soft and pretty vocals on top of or next to something really distorted. She has lots of soft and choir like vocals, then the deep and darker vocal sounds apart from just singing like the breaths and laughs she does, and then the powerful burst of sounds.
All of it together creates this story of “be careful what you wish for” tale. Full of gothic and angelic sounds and visuals paired with religious and mythical themes, she tells the story of how her church and her worship was taken from her when the pandemic hit. How before, she wished the “monster of performance” would let her go and then it did. For the second half of the album, she begs it to take her back. Cassandra acts as the turning point of the album, referencing the Greek figure no one believed when she prophesized that Troy would fall.
The album is full of sounds that makes you want to join in on Choreomania, and dance erratically to the beautiful and cathartic storytelling devices Welch uses in the sounds, lyrics, and visuals. 10/10 recommend that you give this project a listen and experience Dance Fever for yourself!
*You can find Welch speaking more in-depth about the album on the album experience on Spotify, also available on YouTube, and in an interview with Radio X also available on YouTube. Listen to Dance Fever on your preferred streaming platform: